The Life and Art of Giulio Beda Born in Trieste, Italy, Giulio Beda was a painter who grew up in the studio of his father, Francesco Beda, a known portrait and history painter. Showing artistic talent from the age of thirteen, he attended the Venice Academy under the teacher Guglielmo Ciardi. Following his studies, he moved to Munich to attend the painting school of Heinrich Knirr, where he learned of the plein air painting movements i…