Giuseppe Zannoni

Giuseppe Zannoni (1849 - 1903[1]) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Born at Verona, He studied at the Cignaroli Academy of Verona, receiving prizes at local exhibitions from 1865-1871. He traveled to Milan with his cousin, the sculptor Ugo Zannoni, and enrolled in the Brera Academy, where he was a pupil of Giuseppe Bertini.[2] He exhibited in 1877 at Naples, the painting: Marc Anthony reveals the bloody cloak of Caesar to the Roman people; and in 1891 at Milan, with three genre paintings: Arrivo degli sposi; Trastulli e ammonizioni; Cacciatore e volpe. In 1884 at Rome he exhibited: Stanchezza; Vendemmia; Scorciatoia; Manca l ' acqua alle cascine; Lungo il Torrente di Val di Muggio, and Genio in erba. Among other works Il piasto; L'ozio ingannato (1874); La favorita, and La preghiera. In 1887 at Venice he exhibited: Sentinella; In assenza della nonna; Studi in cucina; Nella stalla; Prima neve and Buon giorno. In 1891, he sent to the Brera exhibition: Luna di miele and Al mercato.[3]

He also painted in various churches, mainly inside Verona, but including fresoces for the church of the Filippini in Verona, where in 1890, he painted a Sacred Heart and Saints and an Assumption of Mary for the church of Santa Maria alla Porta, Milan.[4] He died from a fall from a scaffold on May 28, at Monteforte d'Alpone, ten days after beginning to paint the Trinity fresco at the apse of the local parish church.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Istituto Matteucci biography from Dizionario degli artisti, curated by Cristina Bonagura, Part of the work of Pittori & pittura dell’Ottocento italiano (1996-1997) coordinated by Giuliano Matteucci with the collaboration of Paul Nicholls, and completed with the Redazioni Grandi Opere dell’Istituto Geografico De Agostini.
  2. ↑ Gallery art center short biography.
  3. ↑ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 558.
  4. ↑ Istituto Matteucci
  5. ↑ Galleryartcenter


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