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.

 

Cantoni Giacomo*

CANTONI GIACOMO
Pomponesco (Mantova) 1835 ca.- dopo il 1893
L’artista fu ammesso nel 1853 ai corsi di disegno dell’Accademia di Parma. Le sue opere presentate dal 1879 al 1893 alla Società di Incoraggiamento parmigiana (1879, Ritratto di Sua maestà la Regina) testimoniano di un'ispirazione intimista vicina ai modi di S. Lega (Una confidenza, 1887, Comune di Zibello, Parma), risolta poi in una minuta resa verista che recupera suggestioni compositive fiamminghe (La premeditazione al delitto, 1893, Colorno, Palazzo Comunale).
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