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

Lorenzo Costa II (1537 - 1583)
Lorenzo Costa II
1537 - 1583
Giovanni Battista Cimaroli (1687 - 1771)
Giovanni Battista Cimaroli
1687 - 1771
Alvise Vivarini (1446 - 1502)
Alvise Vivarini
1446 - 1502
Rudolf Schadow (1786 - 1832)
Rudolf Schadow
1786 - 1832
Barna Da Siena (XIV century - 1380)
Barna Da Siena
XIV century - 1380
Joseph-Benoît Suvée (1743 - 1807)
Joseph-Benoît Suvée
1743 - 1807
Luigi Mantovani (1880 - 1957)
Luigi Mantovani
1880 - 1957
Carlo Alberto Baratta (1754 - 1815)
Carlo Alberto Baratta
1754 - 1815
Jacopo da Valenza (XV century - XVI century)
Jacopo da Valenza
XV century - XVI century
Giuseppe Penone (1947)
Giuseppe Penone
1947
Jonathan De Pas (1932 - 1991)
Jonathan De Pas
1932 - 1991
Giuseppe Rusnati (1650 - 1713)
Giuseppe Rusnati
1650 - 1713
Antonio Galli Bibiena (1697 - 1774)
Antonio Galli Bibiena
1697 - 1774
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720 - 1778
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 - 1610)
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
1571 - 1610
Domenico Campagnola (1500 - 1564)
Domenico Campagnola
1500 - 1564

Creators Rococo

Charles-Nicolas Cochin II (1715 - 1790)
Charles-Nicolas Cochin II
1715 - 1790
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (1715 - 1783)
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
1715 - 1783
Étienne Jeaurat (1699 - 1789)
Étienne Jeaurat
1699 - 1789
Pieter Angellis (1685 - 1734)
Pieter Angellis
1685 - 1734
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (1757 - 1825)
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky
1757 - 1825
Jean Ranc (1674 - 1735)
Jean Ranc
1674 - 1735
Albert Joseph Franke (1860 - 1924)
Albert Joseph Franke
1860 - 1924
Dominikus Auliczek (1734 - 1804)
Dominikus Auliczek
1734 - 1804
John Wollaston (1710 - 1775)
John Wollaston
1710 - 1775
Paul Scheurich (1883 - 1945)
Paul Scheurich
1883 - 1945
Antonio Bellucci (1654 - 1726)
Antonio Bellucci
1654 - 1726
Ottaviano Dandini (1681 - 1750)
Ottaviano Dandini
1681 - 1750
Stepan Filippovich Galaktionov (1779 - 1854)
Stepan Filippovich Galaktionov
1779 - 1854
Johannes Kip (1653 - 1722)
Johannes Kip
1653 - 1722
Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi (1735 - 1817)
Flaminio Innocenzo Minozzi
1735 - 1817
Giambettino Cignaroli (1706 - 1770)
Giambettino Cignaroli
1706 - 1770
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