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.

 

Denis Simon Joseph Alexander Clemens*

DENIS SIMON JOSEPH ALEXANDER CLEMENS
Anversa (Belgio) 1755 - Napoli 1813
Terminati nel 1772 gli studi ad Anversa, presso H. J. Antonissen, nel 1786 si trasferì a Roma, dove conobbe P. Hackert e realizzò numerosi studi della campagna romana. Nel 1801 si stabilì a Napoli: fu nominato primo pittore della Camera Reale e aprì una propria scuola. Realizzò quadri con animali e vedute, dove all’impianto classicheggiante derivato da C. Lorrain si congiungeva un minuzioso descrittivismo di marca hackertiana (Veduta di Arpino, 1810 ca., Parigi, Louvre). Con questo tipo di soggetti fu presente ai Salon pa-rigini del 1802, 1804 e 1808.
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