Umberto Ongania (1867–1942) was an Italian painter, mainly of vedute of his native city.
Biography Ongania was born in Venice and was the first son of publisher Ferdinando Ongania. He painted in both watercolor and oil. He exhibited in 1887 at Venice, La Porta della Carta, and in 1888 at Bologna, Il Palazzo Ducale di Venezia. He continued to paint until the first decades of the twentieth century.Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 337.
Ongania was one of the many artists who collaborated in the illustration of a book (edited and published by his father)Mariachiara Mazzariol, Ferdinando Ongania editore in San Marco, Venezia, Marsilio, 2008 and Id., Ferdinando Ongania 1842-1911 editore in Venezia. Catalogo, Venezia, Lineadacqua, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, 2011. on the Basilica of San Marco with text by Camillo BoitoThe Basilica of S. Mark in Venice: illustrated from the points of view of Art and History., Translated by William Scott, 1888..
He married Elena Belozerskij, the daughter of Ivan Ivanovic Belozerskij.Lettere (1878-1928) by Giulio Salvadori.
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