The Life and Artistic Evolution of Giovanni Carnovali Known as Il Piccio, Giovanni Carnovali was an Italian painter born in Montegrino Valtravaglia. His artistic training began at the Carrara Academy in Bergamo under Giuseppe Diotti, who recognized his talent early on. After traveling to Rome and Parma, Carnovali established a studio in Cremona before transferring his practice to Milan. His work is characterized by a departure from strict Neoclassicism, moving instead toward an expressive interpretation of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He was known for a solitary and retiring chara…