Andrea Gastaldi
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Andrea Gastaldi (April 18, 1826 – January 9, 1889)[1] was an Italian painter, primarily of historical canvases and portraits.
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Biography
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Gastaldi was born and died in
In 1860 at the Promotrice of Turin, with the painting of Pietro Micca, he won the institute award funded by the Marchese Di Breme, and was nominated to be professor of painting at the Albertina.
Among his other works depicting historical or literary subjects is The Prisoner of Chillon (1854, Promotrice at Turin). This work is based on a poem by Lord Byron and was made into an acquaforte engraving by Alberto Maso Gilli in 1864 in an Album of the Promotrice.
Other works include:
Gastaldi made two versions of the painting Sogno di
Gastaldi's wife, Léonie Lescuyer-Gastaldi, was also a painter, who had trained with Rosa Bonheur.[5] Gastaldi's brother Lorenzo was the archbishop of Turin from 1871 to 1883. Among Gastaldi's pupils were Giovan Battista Carpanetto,[6] Giacomo Gandi, Michelangelo Merano, and Giacomo Grosso.
References
- ^ Treccani.it
- ^ Treccani Encyclopedia, short biography.
- ^ Pittura e scultura in Piemonte 1842-1891: Catalogo cronografico illustrato della Esposizione Retrospettiva 1892., A. Stella, Stamperia Reale della ditta G.B. Paravia e Compagnia. Turin, 1893, page 195-199.
- ^ Arte Piemonte short biography.
- ^ A. Stella, page 199
- ^ Notes for exhibition of Solo Donna Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine by Gianfranco Schialvino in the city of Bra in 2011, page 62.
External links
Media related to Andrea Gastaldi at Wikimedia Commons