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.

 

Fossati Andrea *

FOSSATI ANDREA
Toscolano Maderno (Brescia) 1844 - 1919
Compì gli studi a Milano con G. Bertini, all’Accademia di Brera, ottenendo premi scolastici nel 1865 e nel 1867. Già dalle prime apparizioni alle mostre milanesi (1871, Paggio) e torinesi (1873, Ritorno dal fronte, Pifferaio) mostrò la propensione al quadro di figura e d’ambiente, in cui poté dar sfoggio di abilità descrittiva e cultura storica, come in Agguato! (esposto a Brera nel 1876, Milano, Galleria d’Arte Moder-na), dove era ricostruito un interno del bresciano Palazzo Delai. Comparve alle esposizioni di Milano fino agli inizi del secolo, con scene di genere (1898, Idillio) e ritratti (1900, Volta).
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