Italian artists

Artists A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z   [*]  Search Artists Keywords Artists: 10 (L) LANFRANCO (active in Modena from c.1099 to 1110) "Mirabilis artifex, mirificus edificato". The architect of the Modena Cathedral Lanfranco, whose birthplace is unknown, is described by these words in an illuminated manuscript. It was considered providential... LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI (Genoa 1406- Rome 1472) For the events that brought the Albizzi to power in Florence the wealthy Alberti family were in exile when Leon Battista was born. He was to see his city only in 1434, after studing in Bologna and Rome. In Florence, while h... LEONARDO DA VINCI (Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519) For the most famous, fascinating artist/scientist of all time it is impossible to avoid the cliché of "universal genius": tireless investigator of nature, anatomy, science and technology, philosopher and poet, although c... LORENZO BARTOLINI (PRATO 1777 - Florence 1850) In Paris between 1799 and 1808, Bartolini was a pupil of Jacques Louis David. In the studio of the great neo-classical artist, the meeting place of all the young talents on the Parisian scene, he met Ingres, with whom ... LUCA CARLEVARIJS (Udine-1663 -Venice 1730) The artist was in Venice, orphaned of both parents, already by 1679. A journey to Rome first mentioned by his XIX century biographers probably took place around 1690. The impact of viewing Gaspard van Wittel's oriented hi... LUCA GIORDANO (Naples 1634 - 1705) He was the most versatile and prolific figure in Neapolitan 17th century painting of the second generation, which now took Caravaggism for granted and was turning toward other styles. Son of the copyist Antonio Giordano, Luca ... LUCA SIGNORELLI (Cortona c.1445-1523) Apaniter endowed with "ingenuity and pilgrim spirit", according to the Chronicles (1470-80) of Santi, Raphael's father, he was one of the finest artists of the whole century (not by chance, his figures were copied by Raphael ... LUCIO FONTANA ( Rosario di Santa Fé 1899 - Comabbio, Varese, 1968 ) A pupil of Wildt at the Brera Academy, Fontana was immediately recognized by the master as an artist of great talent. Attentive to what was happening in France, he was also curious about prehi... LUIGI MUSSINI (Berlin 1813 - Siena 1888) Son of a chapel master at the Prussian court, Mussini trained at the Florence Academy and went on to become a highly cultured, cosmopolitan artist. Starting in 1840 he spent three years in Rome, where he adhered to stric... LUIGI VANVITELLI (Naples 1700 - Caserta 1773 ) The son of Gaspard van Wittle, the renowned Dutch veduta artist residing in Rome, Vanvitelli studied with his father in preparation for a career as painter. Emerging as architect only after 1730, he was active in Rome...