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.

 

Cattaneo Alfonso *

CATTANEO ALFONSO
Napoli 1848 - ?
Di origini nobili, si dedicò alla pittura da autodidatta, seguendo le amichevoli indicazioni di D. Morelli. L'artista dipinse quadri di carattere storico-romantico (Goldoni che brucia il manoscritto d'una sua commedia, 1869) ma anche soggetti militari (Soldati di cavalleria, esposto a Roma nel 1883), ritratti e quadri di genere. Fu presente alle mostre della Promotrice partenopea dal 1867 al 1891 (1890, Il buon samaritano, assegnato alla Provincia di Napoli) e a Milano nel 1894 (Frutta).
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