Pietro Ronzoni (1781 in Sedrina, Bergamo – 1861 in Bergamo) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Trained in

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under the guidance of the landscape painter Luigi Campovecchio from Mantua, Ronzoni met

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and

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and formed friendships with numerous artists, including

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, Martin Verstappen and Hendrik Voogd. After his master’s death, he became a follower and friend of

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. He returned to

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in 1809, working as a set designer and producing a number of urban views and landscapes, painted from life but still informed by the classical ideal. He was appointed professor at the Carrara Academy, whose director Giuseppe Diotti was a close friend as well as an associate in professional undertakings. Having moved to

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in 1815, he established himself as a successful landscape painter with a cultured international clientele. Influenced from the outset by the French school of landscape painting, his work saw a shift towards a more atmospheric approach as from 1840 with the adoption of soft, hazy brushstrokes. This mature production displays the influence of

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’s models on the one hand and Piccio’s innovative painting on the other. Ronzoni shunned the Brera exhibitions systematically and is known to have taken part only in the Prima Esposizione Italiana, held in

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in 1861.

References

* Elena Lissoni
Pietro Ronzoni
online catalogu
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