Vespasiano Bignami

Apprenticed to a seller of colored postcards at the age of eight, he spent some time at the Accademia Carrara of Bergamo under Enrico Scuri.

[citation needed] In 1861, he moved to Milan, and made cartoons for the satirical and patriotic L'Uomo di Pietra (referring to Scior Carera).

In 1869, he exhibited at the Brera a painting titled Botanical Lesson, which won the Mylius Prize.

He also frescoed houses including the ceilings of the villa in Nizza of architect Maraini (destroyed in fire, 1874).

[3] He was a friend to many artists and helped write biographies of Francesco Barzaghi and Cesare Tallone.