Giuseppe Cammarano
Giuseppe Cammarano(4 June 1766,Sciacca– 8 October 1850,Naples) was an Italian painter offrescoesand portraits.
Biography[edit]
His father, Vincenzo (1720-1809), was a comic actor known as "Giancola". While still very young, he began working at the Royal court of Naples. His first notable works were frescoes, which have since degraded, in theReggia di Carditello.They were inspired by the works ofFedele Fischetti,one of his teachers, andDomenico Chelli,ascenographer.These enabled him to find a patron in KingFerdinand I,who funded his studies in Rome. There, he developed a style with bothRococoandNeoclassicelements. Intending to stay for five years, illness forced him to return to Naples after only two.[1]
Upon returning, in 1788, he opened his own painting school, which he operated until 1799. Later that year, he was commissioned by the King to restore the frescoes in the Royal Palace, which had been damaged by the French troops that were sent in to quell theNeapolitan Revolution.He also applied for a position at theReale Accademia di Belle Arti,but was not accepted. In 1806,Joseph Bonaparteappointed him to succeedDomenico Mondoas the Accademia's Deputy Director. That position was eliminated after only five months, but he remained as a "Master of Painting" until 1824.[1]
During that time, he was entrusted with the decorations of theRoyal Palace of Caserta.His most important fresco there isMinerva Awarding Prizes to Arts and Sciences,on the Ceiling of the Council Hall (1814). Also at the Palace, he createdHector Reproves Paris(1818) and, outside of what later became the bedchamber of KingFrancis II,he depicted theVictory of Theseus Over the Minotaur(1824). In 1827, he was allowed to share the Accademia's Chair of Drawing withCostanzo AngeliniandJoseph Franque.He continued to work for the Royal Family until his retirement. A collection of his portraits of them is preserved at the Palace.[2]
In addition to his work there, he did restorations and original frescoes at theBelvedere of San Leucio,and painted aLast Supperfor theCattedrale di San Michele Arcangelo.He acted Occasionally, with other members of his family, and wrote lyric poems in theNeapolitan dialect.[1]
His brother, Antonio, was also an artist but, except for a few drawings, very little is known of him. His son,Salvadore,was alibrettistand playwright. His grandson,Michele,took his first drawing lessons from him and became a well-knownhistory painter.He died oftyphus,aged 84.[1]
References[edit]
- ^abcdBiography of Cammaranoby Oreste Ferrari, from theDizionario Biografico degli Italiani@Treccani
- ^Dell’attivita’ di Giuseppe Cammarano nei Siti Reali Casertaniby Luigi Fusco @ the Associazione culturale Neoborbonica
Further reading[edit]
- Anna Caputi, Raffaello Causa, Raffaele Mormone (Eds.),La Galleria dell'Accademia di Belle Arti in Napoli,Banco di Napoli, 1971
External links[edit]
Media related toGiuseppe Cammaranoat Wikimedia Commons
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- 1766 births
- 1850 deaths
- People from Sciacca
- 18th-century Italian painters
- Kingdom of Sicily people
- Artists from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Italian male painters
- 19th-century Italian painters
- Painters from Naples
- Italian neoclassical painters
- Fresco painters
- Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
- 19th-century Italian male artists
- 18th-century Italian male artists