MAGNASCO, Alessandro (b. 1667, Genova, d. 1749, Genova) The Observant Friars in the Refectory 1736-37 Oil on canvas Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa The Genoese Alessandro Magnasco was taught by his father Stefano and a little known Milanese painter, Filippo Abbiati, and began by painting in a conventional seventeenth-century style. During his stay in Florence at the beginning of the eighteenth century, however, he became acquainted with the work of Salvator Rosa and the etchings of Callot, and under their influence developed a content and style of his own. His themes were bizarre, di
MAGNASCO, Alessandro (b. 1667, Genova, d. 1749, Genova) The Observant Friars in the Refectory 1736-37 Oil on canvas Museo Civico, Bassano del Grappa The Genoese Alessandro Magnasco was taught by his father Stefano and a little known Milanese painter, Filippo Abbiati, and began by painting in a conventional seventeenth-century style. During his stay in Florence at the beginning of the eighteenth century, however, he became acquainted with the work of Salvator Rosa and the etchings of Callot, and under their influence developed a content and style of his own. His themes were bizarre, different from anything to be seen in Genoa, Milan, or indeed anywhere in Italy; nor did his manner of painting resemble that of any other artist in Italy. He depicted imaginary scenes, capriccios in many of which monks are seen in strange settings or tiny figures in stormy landscapes. In his paintings, which are usually small, the figures are oddly elongated, the strokes of the brush vibrating and restless; indeed, everything seems to be in flickering movement. The number of people depicted in this paiting and the richness of the decorations lead us to think that this may have been the General Chapter of the Franciscan Order. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: MAGNASCO, Alessandro Title: The Observant Friars in the Refectory Time-line: 1701-1750 School: Italian Form: painting Type: genre
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