Dictionary of Artists

 

To meet the requirement of scholars, art dealers, collectors or simple amateurs of having a quick and effective tool at their disposal to satisfy the various exigencies connected with the world of art, first of all the in-depth analysis of the work of painters, sculptors, engravers, photographers, etc., the "Dictionary of artists" puts itself up as an annotated list of names, sometimes accompanied, if marked by an asterisk, by a biography and by some signature examples.

Each artist is matched with a series of index cards regarding the works registered in the Data Bank of the Matteucci Institute, which can be issued on request.

The biographies are taken from the Dizionario degli artisti edited by Cristina Bonagura, integral part of the work Pittori & pittura dell'Ottocento italiano (1996-1997), coordinated by Giuliano Matteucci with the cooperation of Paul Nicholls and realized by the Redazioni Grandi Opere of the "Istituto Geografico De Agostini", to whom the Matteucci Institute expresses its sincere thanks for authorizing the circulation of the texts on line.

 

Calzamiglia Francesca*

CALZAMIGLIA FRANCESCA
Genova Sampierdarena 1800 - Roma 1862
Frequentò a Genova l’Accademia Ligustica e a Roma la scuola di T. Minardi, dal quale trasse la lettura purista della cultura classica. L’artista trattò esclusivamente soggetti religiosi, come la pala con La morte di San Giuseppe, per la chiesa di Barcheto (Porto Maurizio, Imperia) e la tela raffigurante La processione di San Carlo Borromeo per il Duomo di Oneglia: quest'ultima opera, commissionata all'artista dal Comune nel 1833 ed eseguita nel 1834, fu celebrata dai contemporanei come esempio di rinnovamento artistico.
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