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.

 

Gerosa Carlo*

GEROSA CARLO
Canzo (Como) 1810 ca. - dopo il 1877
Allievo di P. Palagi, dal 1824 frequentò l’Accademia di Brera a Milano, segnalandosi ai concorsi del 1828 e del 1833. Fra il 1835 e il 1876 partecipò alle annuali braidensi con soggetti sacri destinati a chiese lombarde (1847, S. Luigi Gonzaga, per la Parrocchiale di Nave; 1860, S. Carlo e S. Sebastiano, per la chiesa di Valbrona), ma soprattutto fu presente come ritrattista (Ritratto di Giocondo Albertolli, Milano, Pinacoteca di Brera), presto accolto negli ambienti aristocratici e in quelli letterari (fu apprezzato da T. Grossi) e artistici (Luigi Rossari, 1830, Milano, Casa Manzoni; Il canonico Grossi, 1836, Treviglio, Scuola d’Arte e Mestieri).
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