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Luigi Mussini
Luigi Mussini (19 December 1813 – 18 June 1888) was an Italian painter, linked especially to the Purismo movement and to the Nazarenes. Life Mussini was born in Berlin, son of the composer Natale Mussini, ''Kapellmeister'' at the Prussian court, and his wife Giuliana, musician and singer, daughter of the composer Giuseppe Sarti. He studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence under Pietro Benvenuti and Giuseppe Bezzuoli. He began working with his older brother, Cesare Mussini, who had also trained at the Academy. In 1840 he obtained a study grant which enabled him to spend four years in Rome studying painting. He was inspired by the masters of the Quattrocento and in 1844 he opened a school in Florence, where among his students were Silvestro Lega and Michele Gordigiani. In 1848 he joined as a patriotic volunteer in the First Italian War of Independence. Disillusioned by the unhappy outcome, he withdrew to Paris, where he frequented the studios of Ingres, Jea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Mussini Self-portrait
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
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19th-century Italian Painters
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1888 Deaths
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1813 Births
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Ricciardo Meacci
Ricciardo Meacci (5 December 1856 - 15 January 1938) was an Italian (Sienese) painter from the school of "Purismo" who came under the influence of the "Pre-Raphaelite" movement.H. Zimmern, 'Ricciardo Meacci', ''The Magazine of Art'' (Cassell and Company, Ltd., London/Paris/New York/Melbourne 1899)pp. 158-62(Internet Archive). He received several commissions for mural paintings, examples of which survive in the grand buildings of his native city of Siena.F. Franco, 'Meacci Ricciardo', in ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'', Vol. LXXII (Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma, 2009), atreccani.it He is more widely-known, however, for his compressed but florid watercolour and gouache images of Christian devotional subjects, and moralized, allegorical scenes upon classical and romantic themes, original in composition but making reference to the Sienese quattrocento. These formal paintings, often conceived as triptychs, were cased in ornamental frames of modelled plaster, gilt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Franchi (painter)
Alessandro Franchi (15 March 1838, in Prato – 29 April 1914, in Siena) was an Italian painter. He worked in a combination of Romantic and Neo-gothic styles, influenced by Purismo. Biography While still very young, he demonstrated his artistic abilities by copying religious works and making sketches of people in ceremonial costumes; worn during processions. His drawing master asked him to reproduce an image of Saint Anthony, made by Fra Filippo Lippi in 1498. On the basis of this, he was able to obtain a scholarship.Brief biography @ the Comune di Prato website. His formal studies began at a local school in Prato, operated by Alessandro Ferrarini (1815-1904). He then became a pupil of |
Pietro Aldi
Pietro Aldi (1852–1888) was an academic Italian painter known for his subjects on romantic themes. Biography Pietro Aldi was born in Manciano. He studied at the Academy of Siena with Luigi Mussini. In 1874, he is awarded a stipend at the Biningueci competition for ''La sconfitta di Corradino di Svevia a Tagliacozzo'' (Defeat of Conradin, Duke of Swabia, at the Battle of Tagliacozzo) and this allowed him to continue studies in Rome and Venice. He painted historic subjects in the style of Antonio Ciseri with his master Mussini. He contributed at the frescoes of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. He painted two large canvases for the Pitigliano Cathedral. He died at age 36. Some works * ''L’incontro a Teano'' (1886), fresco in the Palazzo Pubblico of Siena. * ''L'armistizio di Novara'' (1887), fresco in the Palazzo Pubblico of Siena. * Two paintings made in 1885 in the Pitigliano Cathedral representing: ** ''L'imperatore Arrigo IV a Canossa''. ** ''La predestinazione del giov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesare Maccari
Cesare Maccari (; 9 May 1840 – 7 August 1919) was an Italian painter and sculptor, most famous for his 1888 painting ''Cicerone denuncia Catilina'' (usually translated as ''Cicero Accuses Catiline'' or ''Cicero Denounces Catiline''). Early life Maccari was born in Siena, in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He was a student of the Institute of the Fine Arts in Siena together with Tito Sarrocchi, working in sculpture and helping complete the Monumento Pianigiani in Siena. He later worked in the atelier of Luigi Mussini in Florence. There in 1864 he was commissioned by an English society to copy works of Bernardino Pinturicchio found in the Cathedral of Siena. Some of his first patronage came from works the Marquis Pieri-Nerli, who also commissioned him to paint frescoes of the four evangelists for a private chapel in his home in Quinciano, a hamlet in the comune of Monteroni d'Arbia. Maccari soon won a stipend to study in Rome, that also allowed him to travel through Italy. Mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Cassioli
Amos Cassiòli (10 August 1832 – 17 December 1891) was an Italian painter, of battle scenes, historical canvases and portraits. He worked in a Purismo style. Biography Cassioli was born in Asciano. After studying at the Sienese Academy of Fine Arts under Luigi Mussini, a stipend from Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany, enabled him and Angelo Visconti to study in Rome. At the end of 1860 he established himself in Florence which, although he maintained his links with Siena, became his permanent home. Regarded as an excellent portraitist, Cassioli is also noted for his large-scale history paintings which include the ''Battle of Legnano'' (1860–1870, Florence, Galleria di arte moderna, Palazzo Pitti) and ''Il giuramento di Pontida'' (1884, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico). Between 1884 and 1886 he executed frescoes in the Sala del Risorgimento of the Palazzo Pubblico depicting the battles of San Martino and Palestro. He also painted and altarpiece for the Collegiata di Santa Maria Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Visconti
Angelo Viscónti (1829–1861) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting turbulent scenes including historic and sacred subjects. He was born in Siena and trained under Luigi Mussini. In 1854-1855, he won a traveling stipend along with Amos Cassioli. He moved to live with Cassioli in Rome in 1858. He suffered an epileptic convulsion while in the Tiber River in Rome, and drowned. Some of his last works, including the large canvases of ''Massacre of the Innocents'' and ''The Captive Levite'' are on display at the Museo Cassioli in Asciano Asciano () is a '' comune'' and hill town in the province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany. It is located at the centre of the Crete senesi between the river Ombrone and the torrent Copra, some southeast of the town of Siena by rail. .... entry on Museo Cassioli. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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