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.

 

Foretti Achille*

FORETTI ACHILLE
Casale Monferrato (Alessandria) 1828 - Torino 1898
Allievo di A. Moja, fu attivo come decoratore e scenografo in Italia e in Spagna, anche in collaborazione con il bolognese A. Ferri. Gli vengono attribuite diverse opere decorative a Cagliari, a Savigliano, a Rivara e in varie chiese del Cuneese e, fra il 1863 e il 1869, anche nei teatri di Savigliano e di Casale Monferrato e nel teatro Gerbino di Torino. Negli anni '80 fu presente a Torino sia con interventi decorativi (allestimenti dell'Esposizione del 1880) sia con la partecipazione alle mostre (1882, Oggetti da cucina; Limoni ed altro; Caffettiera e tazza).
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