Italians of Brooklyn by Marianna Biazzo Randazzo

His works were also in the Italian Embassy in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, but were destroyed by air raids during WWII. In the residences of Pirelli, Falck, Borletti, Invernizzi, Necchi, Toscanini, Count Cicogna, Duke Gallarati Scotti, and Count Castelbarco, Emilio Giuseppe Dossena decorated, restored and painted large panels with mythological and archaic themes and battles.

He therefore earned his livelihood for many years with the restoration and the decoration of villas and castles, in addition to producing frescoes for the local churches.

At the Scuola del Castello he won a prize for his sculpture works (a trip to Venice), but his attraction toward color made him choose painting as the medium of artistic communication.Īlthough his tendency toward impressionism was evident from the beginning, the necessity to provide for his family forced him to dedicate only his spare time to this aspect of the arts. He attended the Brera Academy (Milan) and the Scuola del Castello (Milan), where he formed strong friendships with Aligi Sassu, Ernesto Treccani, Guttuso, Domenico Cantatore and Umberto Lilloni. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.Emilio Giuseppe Dossena strolling through Maiorca, 1982 This work serves as a time capsule to remind us of the contributions and influences these immigrants have offered to the community. Although the last notable wave of Italian immigration ended in the 1960s, Italian remains one of the six prevalent foreign languages in New York according to a 2007 census estimate. By 1900, Brooklyn's Italian population was second only to Manhattan. The 1855 New York Census did not list any Italian natives in Brooklyn however, by 1890, there were 9,563 Italians residing in the borough. Although Italians in South Brooklyn have been traced back as far as the 1820s, most settled in Manhattan. In an era when over four million Italians found their way to America, the first significant influx came during the 1880s, primarily from rural peasant communities fleeing poverty and overpopulation. Brooklyn, or 'Bruculinu,' as many Italians affectionately pronounced it, is where Italian values, culture, and dreams thrived.

Italians of Brooklyn by Marianna Biazzo Randazzo