Clemente Alberi
Clemente Alberi (1803, Rimini – 1864, Bologna) was an Italian portrait painter; also known for his copies of Renaissance and Baroque works. Some sources give his birthplace as Bologna.
Life and work
His first lessons came from his father,
He also made celebrated copies, including one of the Last Communion of St. Jerome by
Of his works that are neither portraits nor copies, one of the most familiar is Paolo and Francesca Surprised by Giancotto (1828). During the 1830s and 1840s, some of his works addressed the question of Italian unity, through literary and historical references.
In 1832, he became an art teacher Pesaro then, in 1839, succeeded his father at the Academy in Bologna; a position he held until 1860. Much of his tenure was tainted by some of his colleagues' opinion that he had obtained his professorship through nepotism, rather than merit.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Roberto Martorelli. "Alberi Clemente". Storia e memoria di Bologna.
- ^ Museo Civici Bologna Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine biographies.
Further reading
- Renzo Grandi, ed. (1983). Dall'Accademia al vero. La pittura a Bologna prima e dopo l'Unità d'Italia. Casalecchio di Reno: Grafis. pp. 84–87. (Exhibition catalog, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna)
External links
Media related to Clemente Alberi at Wikimedia Commons
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