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Spartaco Vela (Ligornetto Ticino 1853 – 1895) was an Italian painter who painted genre portraits and landscapes.He was the son of the famous Ticinese sculptor Vincenzo Vela. Spartaco was raised in Turin but his father later retired to Ligornetto. His first lessons in design were by his own father who encouraged him to draw al vero and not copy masterpieces as many of the texts encouraged.