Rubens Santoro - Canale della Guerra, Venice

Rubens Santoro - Canale della Guerra, Venice, originally uploaded by Gandalf's Gallery.

Rubens Santoro was an Italian painter of genre and marine scenes. He was born in Mongrassano on October 25, 1859 and studied under Giovanni Battista at the Naples Academy and the Domenico Morelli. 
Upon completing his studies, Santoro travelled around Southern Europe, visiting Naples, Turin, Venice and Rome, painting as he went. In his later years he also travelled to the north of Europe, visiting London and Paris. Santoro was a respected and skilled painter, particularly well-known today for his views of Venice. He spent his later years in Turin, where he died in 1942.