Gaspare Traversi (1722 - 1770)

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Gaspare Traversi

Gaspare Traversi was an Italian Rococo painter best known for his genre works. Active mostly in his native city of Naples, he also painted throughout Italy, including a stay in Parma.

Traversi can be described as a Neapolitan Hogarth, Steen or Longhi, working in a Caravaggist style. Traversi's satirical paintings typically depict animated groups of bourgeois protagonists that seem compressed physically into an indoor pictorial space that can barely contain them. Even his religious canvases have foreshortened crowding. Facial expressions are lively and varied; some of the characters, often children, stare at the viewer. Women are often situated in either a foolish or ironic situation, or engage in a pulchritudinous talent, while men leer or participate with other intentions in mind.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:December 1722, Naples, Italy
Date and place of death:1 november 1770, Rome, Italy
Nationality:Italy
Period of activity: XVIII century
Specialization:Artist, Genre painter, Painter, Portraitist
Art school / group:Neapolitan school
Genre:Genre art, Portrait, Religious genre
Art style:Rococo

Creators Italy

Joseph Wannenmacher (1722 - 1780)
Joseph Wannenmacher
1722 - 1780
Enzo Nenci (1903 - 1972)
Enzo Nenci
1903 - 1972
Giulio D'Anna (1908 - 1978)
Giulio D'Anna
1908 - 1978
Gianni Bertini (1922 - 2010)
Gianni Bertini
1922 - 2010
Pompeo Mariani (1857 - 1927)
Pompeo Mariani
1857 - 1927
Giovanni Colombo (1908 - 1972)
Giovanni Colombo
1908 - 1972
Francesco Furini (1600 - 1646)
Francesco Furini
1600 - 1646
Nicola Peccheneda (1725 - 1804)
Nicola Peccheneda
1725 - 1804
Jean Barbault (1718 - 1762)
Jean Barbault
1718 - 1762
Werner Gilles (1894 - 1961)
Werner Gilles
1894 - 1961
Alessandro Mendini (1931 - 2019)
Alessandro Mendini
1931 - 2019
Alessandro Araldi (1460 - 1529)
Alessandro Araldi
1460 - 1529
Simone Martini (1284 - 1344)
Simone Martini
1284 - 1344
Agostino Carracci (1557 - 1602)
Agostino Carracci
1557 - 1602
Bice Lazzari (1900 - 1981)
Bice Lazzari
1900 - 1981
Francesco Monti (il Brescianino) (1646 - 1712)
Francesco Monti (il Brescianino)
1646 - 1712

Creators Rococo

Gerard van Spaendonck (1746 - 1822)
Gerard van Spaendonck
1746 - 1822
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727 - 1804)
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
1727 - 1804
Franciscus Joseph Octave van der Donckt (1757 - 1813)
Franciscus Joseph Octave van der Donckt
1757 - 1813
Jean Balthasar de la Traverse (1752 - 1808)
Jean Balthasar de la Traverse
1752 - 1808
Georg Friedrich Schmidt (1712 - 1775)
Georg Friedrich Schmidt
1712 - 1775
Giovanni Andrea Lazzarini (1710 - 1801)
Giovanni Andrea Lazzarini
1710 - 1801
Louis Marin Bonnet (1743 - 1793)
Louis Marin Bonnet
1743 - 1793
Paul de Lamerie (1688 - 1751)
Paul de Lamerie
1688 - 1751
Piat Joseph Sauvage (1744 - 1818)
Piat Joseph Sauvage
1744 - 1818
Jean Barbault (1718 - 1762)
Jean Barbault
1718 - 1762
Peter Angelis (1685 - 1734)
Peter Angelis
1685 - 1734
Francesco Savani (1723 - 1772)
Francesco Savani
1723 - 1772
Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi (1735 - 1817)
Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi
1735 - 1817
George Romney (1734 - 1802)
George Romney
1734 - 1802
Edme Jeaurat (1688 - 1738)
Edme Jeaurat
1688 - 1738
Lorenzo de Ferrari (1680 - 1744)
Lorenzo de Ferrari
1680 - 1744