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.

 

Fries Anna *

FRIES ANNA
Zurigo (Svizzera) 1827 - Sestri Levante (Genova) 1901
Frequentata l’Accademia di Monaco di Baviera, si trasferì a Parigi e quindi a Roma, dove nel 1856 espose con la Società Amatori e Cultori (Putto dormiente, Una ciociara). Giunta a Firenze alla fine degli anni ’60, si dedicò al ritratto (Francesco Dall’Ongaro) e si specializzò nella decorazione a graffito di gusto neoquat-trocentesco, ottenendo importanti commissioni (Villa Schmitz a Careggi, stabilimento fotografico Schembosche). Partecipò saltuariamente alle esposizioni con soggetti orientalisti e quadri in costume storico (Le quattro Domeniche della Quaresima a Firenze nel XIV secolo, esposto a Milano nel 1876).
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