Maria Teresa Vigano b. 1884 Villa Nuova, Milan, Italy

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Also known as Maria Teresa Ferrari, Maria Vigano, M. T. Vigano
  • Artist (Painter)
Maria Teresa Vigano was a painter. She was born in Milan, Italy in 1884. With her husband she came to Melbourne in 1928. In Australia they established Mario's Restaurant. In 1936 she held her first solo exhibition 'Thirty Years of Painting in Australia' in Rome. Vigano also held a solo exhibition at the Victorian Artists' Society rooms, Albert Street, East Melbourne, in 1965.
Version history | Talk | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1999
Name
Maria Teresa Vigano
Also known as:
  • Maria Teresa Ferrari
  • Maria Vigano
  • M. T. Vigano
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1884
Birth place
Villa Nuova, Milan, Italy
Death date
26 February 1969
Death place
Melbourne, Victoria
Active Period
  • c.1963-c.1965
  • c.1955
  • c.1906-c.1919
Arrival
  • January 1928 (In Melbourne, Vic.)
Residence
  • Alice Springs, Northern Territory
  • c.1928-c.1969 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1919-1928 Italy
  • c.1928-c.1969 South Morang, Vic.
  • 1911-1919 Vancouver, Canada
  • 1884-1911 Milan, Italy
Training
  • Arnold Shore, Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1906-1910 Giovanni Sottocornola, Milan, Itlay
  • 1909-1910 Milan's Brera Academy, Italy
Other Occupation
  • Restaurateur (ANZSIC code: 4511)
  • Display artist (ANZSIC code: 6924)
Is Indigenous
No
Cultural Heritage
  • Italian
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'