Silvio Poma

Silvio Poma (1840 in Trescore Balneario, Bergamo – 1932 in Turate, Como) was an Italian painter, who mainly painting land and lake-side seascapes of the Lombardy lake district.

On his return to Milan, he worked in the studios of his fellow soldier-painters in the military campaign of 1859, Giovan Battista Lelli and Gerolamo Induno.

A painting of a historical subject, Macbeth and the Witches of Dunsinane wood, depicted in a Romantic natural setting, won the Mylius Prize of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in 1876.

[1] Poma established his reputation as a landscape painter with a repertoire of lake views that are intimist in character, while also displaying the influence of his contemporary Filippo Carcano in their realistic approach.

The period from 1883 onwards saw an increase in activity with the systematic presentation of works at national exhibitions and lasting success on the art market.