Watercolors and drawings — A499: Fine Art
Adam Frans van der Meulen was a Flemish painter and draughtsman who was particularly known for his scenes of military campaigns and conquests. Van der Meulen also painted portraits, hunting scenes, paintings of chateaux and landscapes. He created designs for prints and cartoons for tapestries.
Benedetto Luti was an Italian painter and draughtsman of the academic Baroque style of the Florentine school.
Benedetto Luti began his artistic career in his hometown. Studied under Gabbiani and Tommaso Redi. He enjoyed the patronage of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III de' Medici, a great fan of pastel drawing. In 1691 the artist moved from Florence to Rome. Luti was one of the first great masters to use pastel not only for sketches and outlines, but also to paint portraits in this technique. Benedetto Luti also painted oil paintings and frescoes. From 1720, he headed the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.
Benedetto Luti was also a successful art dealer and ran the art school he founded. His pupils included Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Placido Costanzi, Jean-Baptiste van Loo and his brother Charles-André van Loo.
Bartolomeo Nazari was an Italian painter and printmaker of the academic Venetian Baroque school. He studied painting with Angelo Trevisani and later became assistant to Francesco Trevisani and Benedetto Luti.
Bartolomeo Nadzari was a famous portrait painter of his time. He produced numerous pictorial works depicting prominent figures, among them Canaletto, Francesco Correra, Cardinal Vincenzo Querini, the procurators Alvise Mocenigo, Nicolo Veniera, Zaccaria Canal and Lorenzo Morosini. Particularly famous is the life-size equestrian portrait of Marshal Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg. In 1744 Nadzari was in Frankfurt where he painted a portrait of Emperor Charles VII.
Bartolomeo Nazari was an Italian painter and printmaker of the academic Venetian Baroque school. He studied painting with Angelo Trevisani and later became assistant to Francesco Trevisani and Benedetto Luti.
Bartolomeo Nadzari was a famous portrait painter of his time. He produced numerous pictorial works depicting prominent figures, among them Canaletto, Francesco Correra, Cardinal Vincenzo Querini, the procurators Alvise Mocenigo, Nicolo Veniera, Zaccaria Canal and Lorenzo Morosini. Particularly famous is the life-size equestrian portrait of Marshal Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg. In 1744 Nadzari was in Frankfurt where he painted a portrait of Emperor Charles VII.
Anna Dorothea Therbusch, born Anna Dorothea Lisiewski, was a German artist who painted in the Rococo and Neoclassical style. More than two hundred of her works have survived, mostly portraits.
Anna Dorothea Turbusch was the first woman accepted into the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. The artist was highly regarded for her ability to convey the likeness and character of her subjects. Her paintings were characterized by their refined style, meticulous attention to detail and the use of soft, gentle colours. She painted Prussian nobles, intellectuals and prominent figures of her time. At the commission of Russian Empress Catherine the Great, Terbusch painted life-size portraits of all members of the Prussian royal family. They are now in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
In addition to their technical mastery, the portraits by Terbusch were psychologically insightful, revealing the inner life and personality of the characters. Her work reflected the transition from the ornate and playful Rococo style to a more restrained and intellectual neo-classical aesthetic.
Giovanni Battista Busiri was an Italian painter of landscape and veduta.
Giovanni Battista Busiri followed the style of Gaspard Duguet. His work was greatly influenced by Jan Frans van Bloemen, Hendrik Frans van Lint, Andrea Locatelli and Nicolas Poussin. The figures in Busiri's paintings were executed by other artists.
The works of Giovanni Battista Busini were particularly popular among the wealthy English.
Marco Marcola was an Italian artist of the Rococo period.
Marco Marcola began his career by decorating villas. His style of painting was greatly influenced by the Venetian Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.
In Verona Marco Marcola decorated the main floor of the Palazzo Emileo Forti with frescoes, other frescoes are in Casa Ferruzzi and the Palazzo Carli. He also painted the ceiling of the Church of Santa Teresa degli Scalzi and the Church of San Pietro in Monastero.
Marco Marcola was particularly famous for his genre paintings dedicated to carnivals.
Adrian Zingg was a Swiss artist, draftsman, etching artist and teacher who spent most of his artistic life associated with the School of Fine Arts in Dresden. Professor. One of the founders of the Dresden school of landscape painting.
His favourite subjects were the rocks of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains around the lower Elbe up to the present day Czech-German border, in today's national parks in Bohemia and Saxon Switzerland.
In 1769, Adrian Zingg became a member of the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1787 a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin.
In 1803 he was appointed a professor at the Academy of Engraving Arts in Dresden. Later he was appointed engraver at the Saxon Court.
Bernardo Bellotto was an Italian painter, celebrated for his urban landscapes and detailed vedute, particularly of European cities like Dresden, Vienna, and Warsaw. He was born in Venice in 1722 and exhibited prodigious talent from a young age. Under the tutelage of his uncle, the renowned Canaletto, Bellotto honed his skills in capturing the essence of cityscapes with a unique style characterized by a cooler palette and a distinct use of impasto, especially in depicting skies and horizon lines.
In 1747, Bernardo Bellotto's career took him to Dresden, where he served as Court Painter to Augustus III of Poland and Elector of Saxony. His stay in Dresden was marked by the creation of panoramic views, highlighting his knack for architectural detail and the interplay of light and shadow. Following his tenure in Dresden, Bellotto spent the last 16 years of his life in Warsaw, where his works played a significant role in the city's post-World War II reconstruction.
Bernardo Bellotto's works are lauded for their precision and the manner in which they blend his Venetian roots with influences from Dutch landscape painting. His later works in Warsaw, characterized by their vibrant color palette and historical themes, underscore his evolution as an artist. Today, Bellotto's paintings are celebrated for their historical value and artistic merit, housed in prestigious collections in cities like Dresden and Warsaw.
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Giuseppe Bossi was an Italian painter of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is considered a representative of the neoclassical style of the New Lombard school. Bossi is also known as a writer, art theorist and collector of paintings of ancient masters.
Giuseppe Bossi was appointed assistant secretary of the Milan Academy of Arts at the age of 23, and soon became secretary of this prestigious organization. In this position he proposed a series of educational reforms. Bossi also found time to paint. His artistic legacy includes works of historical genre, single and group portraits of contemporaries, as well as a large number of drawings of all kinds.
Bossi devoted a lot of time and energy to the study of Leonardo da Vinci, and wrote a series of books detailing all periods in the life of his famous countryman. He created a masterful copy of Da Vinci's famous painting The Last Supper, which was in badly damaged condition.