Umberto Veruda (Trieste, 1868-1904) was an Austro-Hungarian painter, known for his portraits and upper-class society scenes.
He was born to a family of modest means.
He was introduced to the art of painting by a local artist, originally from Bologna, named Raffaele Astolfi (1829-1900); known for portraits in the Academic style.
In 1884, at the age of sixteen, he went to Munich, where he was able to enroll at the Academy of Fine Arts, where his fellow Triestini, Carlo Wostry and Isidoro Grünhut, were also studying.
