The Accademia Carrara, (), officially Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo, is an art gallery and an

academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...

of fine arts in Bergamo, in Lombardy in northern Italy. The art gallery was established in about 1780 by , a Bergamasco collector or ' of the arts. The

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was added to it in 1794. The school was recognised by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education, in 1988.

History

The art gallery was established in the early 1780s by , a Bergamasco collector or ' of the arts; by 1785 it was open to some visitors. An

was added to it in 1793 or 1794, initially under the direction of the Milanese painter

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. Carrara made his will in 1795, leaving his entire estate to the gallery and art school he had founded; these were to be managed by a five-member commission, of which the first five were chosen by him. He died the next year. In 1810, a new building in the neoclassical style was constructed, the project being undertaken by the architect

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, a pupil of Leopoldo Pollack. In 1958 the Comune di Bergamo took over the management of the gallery and school. In 1988 the school was recognised by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education, and came under the administration of that ministry. Bellini, Giovanni - Madonna di Alzano - Accademia Carrara

Bellini, Giovanni - Madonna di Alzano - Accademia Carrara

Directors-general

The directors-general at the Accademia Carrara have been, in chronological order, Giuseppe Diotti, Enrico Scuri,

Cesare Tallone Cesare Tallone (1853–1919) was an Italian painter. Biography Born in Savona and after losing his father at the age of ten, Cesare Tallone moved with his mother and sisters to Alessandria, where he became a pupil of the decorative artist Piet ...

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, Luigi Brignoli, Achille Funi,

Trento Longaretti Trento Longaretti (27 September 1916 – 7 June 2017) was an Italian painter. He studied at the Brera Academy in the 1930s, where he was taught by renowned artists, including painters Aldo Carpi and Pompeo Borra, and sculptors Francesco Messin ...

, Pierluigi De Vecchi, Mario Cresci and Maria Grazia Recanati.

References

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History

Directors-general

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