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.

 

Ferrario Giovanni Battista *

FERRARIO GIOVAN BATTISTA
Milano 1845 - dopo il 1887
Artista ancora pressoché sconosciuto, si formò a Milano all’Accademia di Brera, dove debuttò nel 1867 con una tela dal titolo La cappella di Sant'Antonio nella chiesa di San Lorenzo, ritenuta degna della menzione onorevole. Dagli anni ’70, dopo essersi brevemente cimentato con soggetti storici, trattò la pittura di genere in numerose tele legate a una medesima intonazione sentimentale (Mistero del cuore, esposto alla Promotrice di Genova del 1883; Amore e musica, esposto a Milano nel 1887).
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