Oreste Cortazzo

Italian born 1836

Oreste Cortazzo was born in Rome in 1836.

Cortazzo was a painter of genre subjects who studied with Bonnat and obtained an honourable mention and medal at Universal Exposition in 1889.

The artist worked in Paris and titles include: “Interrupted Sitting”, “Geographical Student”, “Teasing the Poet”, “Taking Leave”, “Crowning the Bride” and



“Judgement of Paris”.