Ceramists 18th century
Jean-Jacques Bachelier was a French painter and innovator of porcelain and a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture.
Originally a still-life painter, he later became world-renowned for his significant contributions to applied art. In 1765, Bachelier founded an art and crafts school in Paris with his own funds. He was in charge of the painters at the porcelain manufactory in Vincennes, where figures were produced from unglazed porcelain - biscuit. For many years Bachelier was the Director of Sevres porcelain manufactory and in fact became the creator of the Sevres style.
Bachelier also conducted research on encaustic painting (a painting technique in which the binding substance of paints is wax) and published works on art education.
Matteo Bottiglieri was an Italian sculptor and painter from Naples. One of his first works is a marble "Dead Christ" (1724), in the crypt of the Capua Cathedral, perhaps executed after drawings by Francesco Solimena. In 1733 he executed three works for the Church of the Crucifix in Salerno, and in the same year he took part in the decoration of San Giuseppe dei Ruffi in Naples. He also executed numerous drawings portraying shepherds, later used as models for figures in Nativity scenes. Also attributed to him is a group of "Christ and the Samaritan" in the cloister of San Gregorio Armeno, as well as the sepulchre of Alessandro Vicentini in the right transept of the church of San Domenico Maggiore.
Bartolomeo Guidobono, also known as Prete di Savona, was an Italian Baroque painter.
He was born into a potter's family and learned the basics of ceramics and painting from his father, who worked for the royal palace of Savoy. Guidobono later worked in Parma, Venice and Genoa, painting frescoes and canvases in churches and chapels, as well as in the royal palaces of Savoy. The artist's style was shaped by the influence of Ferrari, Correggio and Caravaggio.
