Stefano Novo (1862-1927) was an Italian painter best known for his genre scenes. Born in Cavarzere, Venice, Stefano Novo studied under Italian masters Pompelmo Gherardo Molmenti and Eugene von Blass. Best known for his romantic figurative, portraiture and genre paintings depicting the daily lives of the Venetian people, Novo exhibited his work in Turin, Florence, Venice, Bologna and Chicago. One of Stefano Novo's students was also Jenny Eakin Delony Rice, the first woman artist from Arkansas to rise to national and international prominence as a painter and the founder of collegiate art education in Arkansas.