Luigi Ademollo (April 30, 1764 – February 11, 1849) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born in

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. He studied at the

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, where he was taught by Giulio Traballesi,

Giocondo Albertolli Giocondo Albertolli (24 July 1742 – 15 November 1839) was a Switzerland, Swiss-born architect, painter, and sculptor who was active in Italy during the Neoclassicism, Neoclassical period. Biography Albertolli was born into a family of artists ...

, and

Giuseppe Piermarini Giuseppe Piermarini (; 18 July 1734 – 18 February 1808) was an Italian architect who trained with Luigi Vanvitelli in Naples and designed the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (1776–78), which remains the work by which he is chiefly remembered. I ...

. He left Milan in 1783 and traveled and worked in

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and

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. He married Margaret Cimballi Ferrara in Rome in 1792 and had several children. Ademollo primarily painted frescoes with biblical scenes from the Old and New Testaments. In 1789 he was appointed professor at the

Academy of Fine Arts in Florence The Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze () is an instructional art academy in Florence, in Tuscany, in central Italy. It was founded by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1563, under the influence of Giorgio Vasari. Michelangelo, Benvenuto Cellini and ...

. He painted in theaters, including the decoration of sipari (theater curtains). In Livorno, he executed the neoclassical decorations of the Teatro San Marco. Ademollo was also interested in creating frescoes for the church of Santa Caterina, but his proposal, considered too expensive, was rejected. He did fresco in the Chapel of the Conception in Livorno Cathedral. In the Pisa area he worked in

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, and Santa Maria a Monte. In

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he executed frescoes with scenes from the Old and New Testaments, and in the countryside he worked in Lucignano and

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: here in the church of the Compagnia del Suffragio he executed in 1821 the pictorial cycle that decorates it, depicting the ''Deposition from the Cross with the Holy Trinity and angels'' and ''Scenes from the New Testament'' in the side walls and vaults. He helped fresco the Royal Chapel in the

Pitti Palace The Palazzo Pitti (), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present ...

and also the churches of Santissima Annunziata and Sant'Ambrogio. In Siena, he painted frescoes for the Palazzo Venturi Gallerani and Palazzo Segardi. He died in Florence in 1849. His son

Agostino Ademollo Agostino may refer to: *Agostino (name) * ''Agostino'' (film), an Italian film directed by Mauro Bolognini * ''Agostino'' (novel), a short novel by Alberto Moravia *, an Italian coaster See also *Agostini (disambiguation) *D'Agostino (disambiguati ...

(1799–1841) was a writer of novels, including ''Marietta di' Ricci''. His grandson

Carlo Ademollo Carlo Ademollo (9 October 1824 – 15 July 1911) was an Italian painter, best known for his scenes from the Risorgimento. Biography He was born in Florence. He was the grandson of Luigi Ademollo a Milanese painter, In 1838, he enrolled at the ...

was a battle scene painter.

References

* G. Mellini, Opening for Louis Ademollo, in "Art Illustrated", 57, 1974 * Bolaffi Encyclopedic Dictionary of painters and engravers Italian eleventh to the twentieth century, vol. I, Turin 1972 * P. Bucarelli, voice Ademollo, Louis, in the Biographical Dictionary of Italian, 1, Rome 1960 * E. Lavagnino, Modern art from the neo-classical to contemporary, I, Turin 1956 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Painters from Milan Painters from Florence Brera Academy alumni Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze 1764 births 1849 deaths 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists Duchy of Milan people {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub