"The challenge" - Oil on cardboard by Francesco Bosso (1864-1933) BOSSO FRANCESCO. Born in Vercelli on December 27, 1864, died in Turin in 1933. He studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in his city with Bonino and Costa. At the beginning of his artistic career he devoted himself to decoration and scenography, performing several works in palaces, churches and theaters of Italy, France and Switzerland. For the Colonial Exhibition in Genoa he composed a large Diorama of the Panama Canal, appreciated and praised. He especially dedicated himself to the paintings of flowers, fruit and still lifes, which brought him wide fame. In 1922 forty-seven of his paintings were exhibited at the Vercelli Art Exhibition, including: Sun from the glass windows; Rustic rooms in Tournier; Among the rocks; Autumn melancholy; Fontanesian landscape and still lives.