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Francesco Guardi

Francesco Guardi was a special person who lived a long time ago in Italy. He was born almost 300 years ago, in the year 1712, and he lived until he was 80 years old! That's older than some grandparents!

Francesco was a very, very good painter. He loved to paint pictures of places in Italy, like Venice, where he lived. His paintings showed beautiful buildings, pretty canals, and lots of people enjoying their day.

Francesco painted his pictures with lots of bright colors, like red, blue, green, and yellow. He used special paints and brushes to make the pictures look realistic, like you could walk right into them!

Some people say that Francesco was one of the greatest painters in all of Italy. We can still see his paintings today, in museums or in pictures on the internet. They are like windows into the past, where we can see what life was like in Italy many, many years ago!