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.

 

Castello Tommaso*

CASTELLO TOMMASO
Genova 1790 ca. - 1845
Partecipò ad alcune mostre dell’Accademia Ligustica di Genova (1836, 1839, 1842), esponendo soprattutto vedute “di maniera”, formate da elementi desunti dalla realtà e assemblati fra loro, nonché copie. Le fonti, che documentano la sua attività di restauratore e antiquario, gli attribuiscono anche l'invenzione di un sistema per impedire le alterazioni della pittura a olio. Presso l’Accademia Ligustica (che conserva alcune sue stampe) si trova il dipinto attribuito a Tommaso Castello raffigurante Frati in meditazione in un paesaggio (siglato e datato 1842).
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