Ilario Carposio
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Ilario Carposio was an artistic photographer who owned an important studio in Fiume, now Rijeka
in present-day Croatia
. He was an Italian
-speaking citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The studio opened in 1878 and rapidly became renamed and appreciated. Ilario Carposio received several official awards, among them the first prize in the Austro-Hungarian agro-industrial exposition (Trieste
, 1882).
After Ilario’s death, the studio continued to work, thanks to Ilario’s son Renato Carposio (1886–1930) and later Renato’s wife Maruzza. The activity ceased only in 1947, after the Second World War and the important political changes (Fiume/Rijeka was assigned to Yugoslavia
and most of the Italian population left).
Ilario Carposio had seven sons, among them Enrico Carposio (1887–1980), who was an outstanding professor of Mathematics and Physics in Fiume and, after WWII, in Bologna.
In April–May 2004, two expositions held in Rijeka and Zagreb
renewed the interest of the public in the work of Ilario Carposio.
Rijeka
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...
in present-day Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. He was an Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
-speaking citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The studio opened in 1878 and rapidly became renamed and appreciated. Ilario Carposio received several official awards, among them the first prize in the Austro-Hungarian agro-industrial exposition (Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
, 1882).
After Ilario’s death, the studio continued to work, thanks to Ilario’s son Renato Carposio (1886–1930) and later Renato’s wife Maruzza. The activity ceased only in 1947, after the Second World War and the important political changes (Fiume/Rijeka was assigned to Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
and most of the Italian population left).
Ilario Carposio had seven sons, among them Enrico Carposio (1887–1980), who was an outstanding professor of Mathematics and Physics in Fiume and, after WWII, in Bologna.
In April–May 2004, two expositions held in Rijeka and Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
renewed the interest of the public in the work of Ilario Carposio.
