Giovanni Battista Quadrone

Giovanni Battista Quadrone
Born	1844(1844) Mondovì,Duchy of Savoy
Died	November 23, 1898(1898-11-23)(aged 53–54) Turin,Kingdom of Italy
Education	Enrico Gamba
Alma mater	Accademia Albertina
Known for	Genre paintings

Giovanni Battista Quadrone(1844 – November 23, 1898) was an Italian painter, mainly ofgenrescenes.

Biography

He was a resident of Turin. He was born to a relatively wealthy family of marble merchants. His family encouraged his art studies, and Quadrone enrolled in theAccademia Albertina,where he studied withEnrico Gambaand Gaetano Ferri (1822–1896) and won the Triennial competition. He initially painted in a realistic style, but this changed after traveling to Paris in 1870, where he worked in the studios ofJean-Léon Gérômeand befriendedGiuseppe De Nittis.Back in Turin, he continued to paint genre scenes, mainly of laborers in folkloric dress. He also painted many scenes of hunting, often with dogs, and horse-racing themes. He was mainly represented by the Florentine gallery ofLuigi Pisani.In the 1880s, he travelled frequently toSardinia,where he was married.

Although sometimes referred to as the "ItalianMeissonier,some later critics called him aFlemish Piedmontese,reflecting his ardent adhesion to realism in his animal paintings. TheMuseo BorgognaofVercellidisplays hisLo studio dello scultore(1891). He painted this subject of the artist in his studio on other occasions:Vergognosa!(1875, found in Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna of Turin);Ogni occasione è buona(1878); andIl pittore e la modella - In cerca del soggetto(1882, also in the Museo Borgogna).

At the Exhibition of Turin, in 1880, he displayed:After the rappresentazione;A naturalist;A painter in his studio;andThe Judgement of Paris.In 1880, in Florence, he displayed:A Jesuit;Among Prisoners;andSaltimbanchi.In 1884, he displayed in Turin:Procession in Sardinia;Morning of Market Day in the Piedmont;at Sardinia exhibition;Charity;finally in 1886 at Milan, he sent:Per viaggio,Sardinia,and in 1887 at Venice,il Ronzino Sardo.Among other works are:L' assassinio;Lettura di una poesia giocosa;Il geografo;Accoglienza poco promettente;Partenza per la caccia;Rientro dalla caccia;andDopo la caccia.He was awarded the cross of knight of theOrder of the Crown of Italy.

Selected paintings

• 
  L'occasione fa il ladro
  (Opportunity Makes the Thief)
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  I Bimbi
  (The Children)
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  Ogni occasione è buona
  (Every Opportunity is Good)

Further reading

• Giuseppe Luigi Marini:
  • Quadrone: La vita, i documenti, le opere. Catalogo ragionato,Allemandi 1998ISBN88-422-0586-9
  • Giovanni Battista Quadrone, Tutte le Opere,Allemandi 2002ISBN88-422-1146-X

External links

• Arcadja Auctions: More works by Quadrone.