Domenico Induno (14 May 1815 – 5 November 1878) was an Italian painter, primarily of

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and historical scenes. His younger brother, Gerolamo, also became a well-known artist and they often worked together.

Biography

He was born in Milan, where his father was a chef and butler at the Milanese court.Biography and appreciation
from the Dizionario Biografico (2004) @

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. He was apprenticed at an early age to the goldsmith and

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, , who was impressed by his talent for drawing and convinced him to enroll at the

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. He was accepted there in 1831 and studied, successively, with Pompeo Marchesi, Luigi Sabatelli and

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, who had the most influence on his style.Brief biography
from L'Unificazione (2011) @ Treccani. Under their influence Domenico produced works based on religious or historical themes, such as ''Alexander Drains the Cup of Medicine'' (1836; Milan,

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). In 1840, he obtained a commission from agents representing Emperor Ferdinand I to paint a scene depicting

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being anointed king by the prophet

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, for display at the Imperial Gallery in Vienna.Biography and appreciation
from the Dizionario Biografico (2004) @

. Over the next few years, Domenico gradually abandoned history painting in favor of genre scenes, which were then in style among liberal members of the Milanese aristocracy. His mentor, Hayez, assisted him in obtaining noble patrons. Initially inspired by such 18th-century specialists as

Giacomo Ceruti Giacomo Antonio Melchiorre Ceruti (13 October 1698 – 28 August 1767) was an Italian late Baroque painter, active in Northern Italy in Milan, Brescia, and Venice. He acquired the nickname Pitocchetto (the little beggar) for his many paintin ...

and

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754) was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes. Biography Piazzetta was ...

, he later developed an overwhelmingly sentimental, anecdotal

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. He produced such paintings as ''Falling Leaves'' (1858; Milan, Civico Museo d'Arte Contemporanea) in vast quantities, and these were extremely popular with his extensive Milanese clientele. In 1843, he married Emilia Trezzini, the sister of one of his students, Angelo Trezzini. Five years later, following his participation in the

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he, his wife and brother Gerolamo were forced to flee to

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, to escape the reprisals that followed. In 1850, when it was safe, they returned and settled in Florence. In 1854, he was named a "Socio d’Arte" at the Brera Academy. The following year, he held his first exhibition outside Italy at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, which was considered a great success. In 1860, he was named a judge for a major patriotic art competition sponsored by

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. Later that year, he began working on several scenes related to the

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; one of which was commissioned by King

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and earned him a title in the

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. In 1863, he became Director of the Brera Academy and no longer participated in their annual exhibitions. Ten years later, at the

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in Vienna, he was awarded a gold medal for ''Un dramma domestico'', a critique of society in post-unification Italy. After that, his paintings became rather gloomy and melancholy. Although suffering from a serious eye ailment, he was able to participate in the Exposition Universelle of 1878, but died later that year, in Milan.

Selected paintings

File:Aleardi Induno.jpg, Portrait of

Aleardo Aleardi Aleardo Aleardi (14 November 181217 July 1878), born Gaetano Maria, was an Italian poet who belonged to the so-called Neo-romanticists. Biography Aleardo was born in Verona in 1812 to an aristocratic family. His parents were Count Giorgio Alear ...

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Wounded Soldier File:Domenico Induno Andacht.jpg, Reverence

References

External links

*Laura Casone
Domenico Induno
online catalogu
Artgate
by

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ArtNet: More works by Induno.Archivio Induno
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Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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