Giuseppe Hyzler (, 1787 – 19 January 1858) was a

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painter who was part of the

Nazarene movement The epithet Nazarene was adopted by a group of early 19th-century German Romantic painters who aimed to revive spirituality in art. The name Nazarene came from a term of derision used against them for their affectation of a biblical manner of c ...

Biography

Born in Malta with a German background, he was awarded a scholarship by the Governor of Malta, Sir Thomas Maitland, in 1814, to pursue his artistic education in Rome. There Hyzler joined the Nazarene movement, led by

Friedrich Overbeck Johann Friedrich Overbeck (3 July 1789 – 12 November 1869) was a German painter and a founder of the Nazarene art movement. Early life and education Overbeck was born in Lübeck in 1789. His family had been Protestant pastors for three genera ...

, to whom his brother Vincenzo Hyzler (1813–1849) had grown close. The Nazarenes lived in a community near Rome, wearing black dresses and long hair. They deemed sacred art as the highest cultural expression; in particular 14th-15th century frescoes. After the community dissolved, Giuseppe Hyzler returned to Malta in 1823, where he opened a private art school. He taught

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amongst others. Hyzler was responsible for removing some Baroque art from

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, including the ornate altar in the chapel of the langue of France. By the mid-19th century, he was considered one of Malta's most accomplished painters. He was a representative of

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and

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style, until the artistic scene was revolutionized by

Romanticism Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjec ...

, as practised by

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. In 1953, Edward Sammut remarked that "Their paintings are noted for the cold

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of the drawing and the rather forced classical poses of their figures." He died on 19 January 1858.

Legacy

There is a street in

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named after him.

Works

* Madonna of the Rosary, 1840, Parish Church of St. Dominic, Valletta * Our lady of Mount Carmel, Our Saviour's Church, Lija * Buttresses on the nave walls, St. Catherine's Old Church, Żejtun * Sketches of frescoes found in the ruined Old Church of Siġġiewi * ''Relazione dello stato delle scuole del Disegno nell’Universita’ di Malta dal 1802 al 1850'', anonymous work attributed to Hyzler by Dominic Cutajar.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hyzler, Giuseppe __NOTOC__ 19th-century Maltese painters Nazarene painters 1787 births 1858 deaths

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