Mylius Prize

The Premio Mylius was an Italian prize for painting. It was established by the Austrian industrialist Heinrich Mylius [it] in 1841 and awarded by the Accademia di Brera in Milan,^[1]: 17 which at that time was under Habsburg rule. In 1856 there were two types of award, an annual prize of 700 Austrian lire for a painting in oils, and a biennial award of 1000 lire for fresco work.^{[2]: 155 [3]} It was awarded until the outbreak of the Second World War.^[1]: 29

Awarded forart prize; awards for painting in oils and for fresco painting

Date1841–1939

LocationMilan, Lombardy

CountryItaly

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Premio Mylius
Heinrich (Enrico) Mylius, founder of the prize
Awarded for	art prize; awards for painting in oils and for fresco painting
Date	1841–1939
Location	Milan, Lombardy
Country	Italy
Presented by	Accademia di Brera, Milan

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Among the recipients of the award were Salvatore Mazza (1856), Pietro Michis (1868), Vespasiano Bignami (1869), Giovanni Battista Ferrari (1870), Filippo Carcano (1878), Giovanni Beltrami [it], (1884) Amerino Cagnoni (1886), Francesco Filippini (1890), Egidio Riva (1902), Donato Frisia (1920) and Trento Longaretti (1939).^{[1]: 29 [4][5][6]}