Carlo Bellosio
Carlo Bellosio(Milan,1801 –Bellagio,1849) was an Italian painter, active mainly inLombardyin aNeoclassicalstyle.
Biography
[edit]He trained in Milan as a pupil ofPelagio Palagi.
He painted for the church of San Ambrogio in Voltri (inGenoa); for the chapel of the church ofSan Sepolcroin Milan; for the church ofSanta Maria Segretain Milan; anAssumption of Mary;and for the temple of San Protasio, he painted aBaptism by John(both church and painting destroyed). He also painted forSan BarnabaandSanta Maria Podone.He also worked inTrezzo d'Adda,Vertova,Val Seriana,and for the Sanctuary of San Prospero inCressainNovara.
He frescoed bacchantes andMaenadswith an Aurora in the grand room of the casa Poreti in Milan; also decorative frescoes for the casa Scotti inPonte San Pietro,for the casa Casati inComo,for the casa dei Conti Leonardi inNovara,in a Medolago in casa dei conti Medolago inMedolago,for the casa dei conti Borromeo inViggiù;and Pallanza (now part ofVerbaniaas well asPavia,
For an Englishman from Devonshire, England, he painted a canvas copy, life size, ofThe Last SupperofLeonardo.
In 1834, he painted his masterwork, anEpisode of the Floodfor theRoyal Villa of Racconigi.Here he collaborated with his masterPalagiand his contemporaryVitale Salato complete a cycle of frescoes and oil paintings on various decorative and mythologic themes.Francesco Goninalso collaborated in the decoration of some of the rooms. He was also commissioned to fresco the Royal Villa ofPollenzo;[1]and later for the Royal Palace in Turin, where he frescoed theInstitution of the order of the Santissima Annunziatain the chapel of the Royal Castle.
He returned to Bellagio, where in 1841 he painted anotherScene of the Universal Flood,a rich composition with many figures and episodes; after this, again for the Royal Palace ofTurin,he painted a fresco ofPenelope proposes the archery challenge to the suitors
In 1845, he traveled to Russia to visit the site of the NapoleonicBattle of Berezina.He planned to paint a large composition of this event (Il passaggio della Beresina) which occurred during the retreat of Napoleon, and where many Italian soldiers lost their life. While he worked intensely on the 14 by 6 meter canvas for months, he died before it was finished.[2]
Sources
[edit]- This article was translated from thecorresponding articleon the Italian Wikipedia.
- Carlo BellosioEntry, by Franca Dalmasso in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 7 (1970).
References
[edit]- ^Bozzeto of Fresco for Pollenza,at thePalazzo Comunale di Bologna.
- ^La Pittura lombarda nel secolo XIX.,Tipografia Capriolo e Massimino, 1900, page 40.
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