Domenico Brescia, California
Artist
Ansel Adams
(American, 1902 - 1984)
Date1932
Mediumvintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. (22.2 x 16.2 cm)
Support: 19 x 14 in. (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Mat: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Support: 19 x 14 in. (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Mat: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Margaret McKittrick, 1968
Object number2222.23PH
DescriptionPortrait head of a male, right side of face turned toward viewer. Man has grey moustache and light beard. Head is posed against black background.eMuseum Notes
Composer Domenico Brescia (1866-1939) was born in Pirano, Trieste, and educated at the University of Bologna; he later became a member of the Royal Academies of both Bologna and Florence. He came to the United States and settled in Oakland, California, where he became professor of composition and head of the theory department at Mills College in 1925. In 1928, Mills completed a new music building that was dedicated with the first performance of Brescia's composition for piano and woodwinds. Adams, an accomplished musician who had considered a career as a concert pianist, may have known Brescia as part of the Bay Area cultural community or this may have been a commission.
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