Louis Bosa Louis Bosa, House on Canal Born in a small town near Venice, Italy, Louis Bosa became a genre, figure, and landscape painter who exhibited widely, and was also a much-respected art teacher. After studies at the Academia della Belle Arti in Venice, Louis Bosa (New York, Pennsylvania / Italy, 1905 - 1981) emigrated to the U.S. and studied under John Sloan, a member of the Ashcan School, at the Art Students League in New York. He often returned to his native Italy and traveled extensively through Europe. Bosa painted for the Works Progress Administration and the Whitney Museum. He taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art, the New York Art Students League, the Parsons School of Design, and Syracuse University. watercolor on paper, 11" x 16" Framed Additional Images Views: 1108 Edit