Alberto Pasini
Alberto Pasini | |
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 Portrait circa 1870, from Book "Le strade di Parma", by Tiziano Marcheselli | |
| Born | 3 September 1826 Busseto, Italy |
| Died | 15 December 1899 Cavoretto |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Academy of Fine Art, Parma |
| Known for | Painter, lithographer |
| Movement | Orientalist |
Alberto Pasini (3 September 1826 – 15 December 1899) was an Italian painter.[1] He is best known for depicting Orientalist subjects in a late-Romantic style.
Biography
He was born in
In 1853 his lithograph of The Evening gained him admittance to the
In 1865, he spent some time in Cannes, painted landscapes of the Riviera. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he returned to Italy, settling in Cavoretto, on the hills around Turin. He continued to travel, closer to his home, with trips to Venice and two sojourns in Spain in 1879 and 1883.[4] He died in Cavoretto on 15 December 1899.
Works
In 1862 at Istanbul, he painted a canvas depicting a Victory by the Turks led by Sultan
Gubernatis quotes the contemporary art critic, Virgilio Colombo, as saying of his paintings:[5]
Pasini faithfully reproduces the architectural accessories, which sparkle in the sun and bathe in the blue shadows: in this, he is unrivaled and shows extraordinary ingenuity to create huge paintings in small canvases. What skill in painting finger-high figures, fine horses, grim and thoughtful knights, with sumptuous trappings, damask-decorated weapons, kiosks, markets and menageries, saddles encrusted with gems, the turbans, the fabrics, the courtesans of princesses, the military camps, the intimate recesses of the harem, the profiles of city with jagged spires and minarets, and the hunts through the interminable space of the plains. The oriental scenes are exquisitely treated, not by way of searching for the usual sunsets and fiery skies. The atmosphere is fine and transparent and stretches across a silvery coat...all grace and subtlety
Gallery of Orientalist paintings
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Spirited Conflict, 1859 -
Arab Field Camp, 1866 -
Caravan in the Desert, 1867 -
Market in Istanbul, 1868 -
Golden Horn, Istambul, c. 1876 -
Market Day in Constantinople, 1877 -
Almea wearing Orange, 1878 -
Circassian Cavalry Awaiting their Commanding Officer at the Door of a Byzantine Monument; Memory of the Orient, 1880 -
A Mosque, 1886 -
Horse market, Syria -
Arab Caravan -
Oriental landscape with Mosque -
Shores of Bosporus -
Cairo -
Arab Cavalry -
Market scene -
At the Trough
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See also
References
- ^ Museo Thyssen biography by Giovanni Goddi.
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, Page 355-356.
- ^ Museo Thyssen biography.
- ^ Museo Thyssen biography.
- ^ Gubernatis, Dizionario.
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