Giovanni Costa

Giovanni Costa
Frederic Leighton, Public domain

(1826–1903) Italian painter (1826-1903)

Giovanni Costa (1826–1903) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Giovanni Costa belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Giovanni Costa was born in Rome and died in Marina di Pisa. Giovanni Costa studied under Luigi Durantini. Giovanni Costa worked in Italy. Giovanni Costa became a member of Etruscan school and In arte libertas.

One of the best-known works is ‘Women Loading Wood at the Port of Anzio’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 10 works by Giovanni Costa with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1883. Works by Giovanni Costa are held by several collections, among them Ashmolean Museum, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Leighton House, and William Morris Gallery.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Ludovic Piette, Adolf Lier, Novak Radonić, Ramon Martí Alsina, and Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq.