Felice Giani
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Felice Giani (17 December 1758 – 10 January 1823) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic style. His grand manner subjects often included Greco-Roman allusions or themes.
Biography
Born in
French Empire style.[1]
He first studied in
Cristoforo Unterberger, and architect Giovanni Antonio Antolini. He returned to Faenza in 1796 -1797 as a collaborator of Serafino Lodovico Barozzi, and helped in the decoration of the Galleria dei Cento Pacifici. He helped establish the first Scuola Pubblica di Disegno, opened in 1796 under Giuseppe Zauli. In Faenza, Giani created a studio which had as pupils Gaetano Bertolani, Antonio Trentanove, the brothers Ballanti Graziani, and Marcantonio Trifogli.[2]
In 1784, he won second prize in the painting competition of the Academy of Parma with Samson and Delilah. In 1811, he joined the Accademia di San Luca and in 1819, the Congregation of the Virtuosi of the Pantheon. He died after falling from his horse in Rome in 1823, and he is buried in the church of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte.
Legacy
His work is held in the collection of the
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.[1]
Books
- Theodore A. Gantz (1974). Felice Giani: (1758-1823) a Reassessment of His Decorative Style as Found in an Unpublished Sketchbook (M. A. dissertation ed.). Cincinnati.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Stefano Acquaviva; Marcella Vitali (1979). Felice Giani: un maestro nella civiltà figurativa faentina (in Italian). Faenza: Fratelli Lega Editori.
- Ksenija Rozman (1980). The Roman views of Felice Giani and Francesco Caucig. New York: Master Drawings Association.
- Anna Ottani Cavina (1999). Felice Giani 1758-1823 e la cultura di fine secolo (in Italian). Vol. 2 vols. Milano: Electa. ISBN 978-88-435-5390-7.
- Marcella Vitali (2003). Felice Giani: dipinti e disegni da collezioni private (in Italian). Faenza: Edit Faenza.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Felice Giani". Collections. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ Scuola di Disegno Tommasso Minardi Archived 2018-07-21 at the Wayback Machine biographies of professors.
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