Giovanni Carnovali
Giovanni Carnovali (29 September 1804 – 5 July 1873), known as Il Piccio ('the little one'), was an Italian painter.
Biography
Carnovali was born in Montegrino Valtravaglia (Varese). In 1815, at the age of just 11, he was admitted to the
Carnovali's pupils included Tranquillo Cremona. There are records of a second stay in Rome in 1843 and a long trip to Naples in 1845. He moved to Milan in 1838 and took part in the Brera exhibitions just twice, in 1839 and 1840. These years saw a shift towards painting of a less descriptive character with soft, hazy outlines under the influence of Correggio and Andrea Appiani as well as the French art seen in Paris around 1840. This change in style culminated in the rejection of a work by the ecclesiastical commission of Anzano in 1863 due to its unprecedented freedom and daringly experimental handling of light. Carnovali died in Cremona, aged 68.
Gallery
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Portrait of Pietro Ronzoni, oil on panel (1825)
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Portrait of a Man Writing, oil on canvas (c.1843)
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Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, oil on canvas (1856)
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Flora, oil on canvas (1868)
References
- Elena Lissoni, Giovanni Carnovali Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, online catalogue Artgate by Fondazione Cariplo, 2010, CC BY-SA (source for the first revision of this article).
Other projects
Media related to Giovanni Carnovali at Wikimedia Commons