The Landscape Museum, housed in the evocative rooms of Palazzo Viani Dugnani, showcases one of the most significant collections of artworks inspired by Lake Maggiore. Paintings and sculptures dating from the late 19th to the early 20th century showcase the area’s rich artistic heritage and its long-standing appeal to internationally renowned artists and patrons.: Daniele Ranzoni, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Paolo Veronese, Arturo Martini, among others.

The museum was founded in 1909 as the Museo Storico Artistico del Verbano e delle Valli adiacenti by Antonio Massara. In 1914 it took its current name of Museo del Paesaggio, with the aim of encouraging the study of the region’s natural and artistic beauty and promoting its protection, and found a new home in the municipal-owned Viani-Dugnani palace of the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, Palazzo Viani Dugnani, which has been completely refurbished, houses the painting and sculpture collections.

The most substantial and significant nucleus of the picture gallery is represented by Lombard and Piedmontese painting from the late 19th and early 20th century with important works by Guido Boggiani, Arnaldo Ferraguti, Daniele Ranzoni and Mario Tozzi. The sculpture section includes the gipsoteca with 340 works by the Impressionist sculptor Paolo Troubetzkoy (1866-1938) and the significant nuclei of works by Giulio Branca (1850-1926) – representative of 19th century commemorative and historical sculpture – and Arturo Martini (1889-1947), considered the most important Italian sculptor between the two wars.

If you wish to visit the Landscape Museum and the Gardens of Villa Taranto, have a look at out ticket Maggiore Centro Art & Gardens!

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