Casa Museo Luigi Rossi
Small artist's house museum in Tesserete where the painter Luigi Rossi spent his final years; paintings and illustrations from the Capriasca are on show.
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About the museum
From 1913 the house in Biolda near Tesserete was the permanent home and workplace of the painter Luigi Rossi (1853–1923). Born in Cassarate near Lugano, he came to the Capriasca via Milan, where he first spent the summers in Sarone and Roveredo. During the last twenty or so years of his life he created landscapes, scenes of rural life and portraits of his own family here, taking the area around Biolda as his pictorial subject.
The Casa Museo first opened to the public in 2023, the year of the hundredth anniversary of the artist's death. Behind the project is the art historian Matteo Bianchi, a great-grandnephew of the painter; the operator is Pagine d’arte Sagl. The house is only accessible on fixed dates and sees itself as a complement to the major retrospective then shown at the Pinacoteca cantonale Giovanni Züst in Rancate.
On display is a selection of paintings created in the Capriasca, including “La pianura” and “La valle dei campanili”, small oil studies, religious motifs and family figures in the garden. In addition there are illustrations Rossi made for books by Alphonse Daudet and Pierre Loti, as well as landscapes of the region. Rossi's work leads from realism to symbolism and stands between the Lombard and Central European traditions.
Highlights
- Home and workplace of the painter Luigi Rossi in Biolda
- Paintings from the Capriasca, including “La pianura” and “La valle dei campanili”
- Book illustrations for Alphonse Daudet and Pierre Loti
- Family pictures and garden motifs from the house
- Open on fixed Saturdays, groups by registration
Permanent exhibition
- Luigi Rossi in der Capriasca – A selection of paintings, oil studies, family pictures and illustrations that Luigi Rossi created in the Capriasca during the last twenty years of his life.
- Founded
- 2023
- Operated by
- Pagine d’arte Sagl
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Getting there & parking
By car
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Parking at the upper end of Strasse Biolda.
Under “Come trovarci”, the website offers an interactive map with directions.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Group visits are possible on request by email (info@paginedarte.ch). |
