Maria Teresa Vigano b. 1884

Also known as Maria Teresa Ferrari, Maria Vigano, M. T. Vigano
  • Artist (Painter)
Maria Teresa Vigano was a painter. She was born in Milan, Italy in 1884. With her husband she came to Melbourne in 1928. In Australia they established Mario's Restaurant. In 1936 she held her first solo exhibition 'Thirty Years of Painting in Australia' in Rome. Vigano also held a solo exhibition at the Victorian Artists' Society rooms, Albert Street, East Melbourne, in 1965.
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  • National Gallery of Victoria, ,Melbourne, Vic.

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Related stub people
  • Sottocornola, Giovanni (associate of)
  • Vigano, Mario (spouse of)
  • Frater, William (Jock) (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Victorian Artists' Society, Melbourne (associate of)
  • Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
  • La Feluca Gallery, Rome, Italy. (associate of)
  • Mario's Restaurant, Melbourne, Vic. (associate of)
Related people
  • Shore, Arnold (associate of)
  • Borovansky, Edouard (associate of)
Related collections
  • National Gallery of Victoria, ,Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • The Italian Government invited Vigano to exhibit in Italy again after her 1963 exhibition. (received)
  • Italian Government commissioned a series of Alice Springs landscapes (which time did not allow her to carry out). (received)
Related events
  • Commemorative exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Solo Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Solo Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Thirty Years of Painting in Australia (exhibited at)