Giovanni Battista Busiri Explained

Giovanni Battista Busiri or Bussini (Rome, 1698 – 28 August 1757) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes and vedute.

Biography

He followed the style of Gaspard Poussin.^[1] He was influenced by Jan Frans van Bloemen, Hendrik Frans van Lint, Andrea Locatelli, and Nicolas Poussin.^[2]

Notes

• Giovanni Battista Busiri: Vedutista Romano Del '700 by Andrea Busiri Vici, Bozzi, 1966.
• Uvedale Price (1747-1829): Decoding the Picturesque, by C. Watkins, Ben Cowell, 2012.

References

• • Giovanni Battista Busiri on Artnet

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=4KdVAAAAcAAJ Supplemento alla Serie dei trecento elogi e ritratti degli uomini i più illustri in Pittura, Scultura, e Architettura.
2. http://explore.rkd.nl/nl/artists/14411 Giovanni Battista Busiri