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.

 

Ferri Augusto *

FERRI AUGUSTO
Bologna 1829 - Pesaro 1895
Figlio di Domenico e fratello di Gaetano, fu attivo dal 1851 al 1857 presso il teatro Regio di Torino, con cui riprese a collaborare nel 1873, dopo un lungo soggiorno a Madrid. Apprezzato per le scenografie romantiche (studi paesistici comparvero alla Promotrice torinese del 1852 e alcuni bozzetti si conservano a Milano, Museo Teatrale alla Scala), all’attività di scenografo affiancò quella di ornatista, ricercatissimo per l'eleganza e la varietà delle creazioni decorative (Torino, Palazzo della Cisterna, oggi sede della Provincia).
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