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.

 

Varni Gerolamo*

VARNI GEROLAMO
Attivo a Genova fra il 1853 e il 1873
Studiò all’Accademia di Genova, per passare poi a Firenze dove, sotto la guida di F. A. von Sturler, si avvicinò al Purismo. Come frescante lavorò a Napoli e a Corigliano, presso Cosenza (chiesa di Sant'Agostino e Antonio eremita). Dal 1853 partecipò con ritratti, temi romantici e soggetti sacri alla Promotrice genovese (1854, Madonna con Bambino, Ritratto, Cristo con gli Apostoli, 1856, Dante che incontra Piccarda nel cielo della Luna, 1873, Gesù Cristo nel deserto, compiuto il digiuno).
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