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.

 

Sottile Andrea *

SOTTILE ANDREA
Termini Imerese (Palermo) 1802 - 1856
L’artista fu presente alle esposizioni di Belle Arti di Palermo del 1838 e del 1856. Nelle sue vedute (Via Libertà a Palermo, coll. privata; La croce di S. Maria di Gesù, Palermo, Galleria Regionale della Sicilia) adeguò un tipo di paesaggio da Gran Tour al gusto della committenza locale, attento non solo agli aspetti naturali ma anche al sentimento del luogo, come nel Paesaggio con torre idraulica (Palermo, Palazzo Rea-le), trasposizione della settecentesca veduta 'con rovine’ nella realistica immagine di un paesaggio siciliano.
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