Paolo Gerolamo Brusco Explained
Paolo Gerolamo Brusco |
Birth Date: | 8 June 1742 |
Birth Place: | Savona |
Death Date: | 30 March 1820 |
Nationality: | Italian |
Known For: | Painting |
Movement: | Neoclassic |
Paolo Gerolamo Brusco or Girolamo Brusco (8 June 1742 - 30 March 1820) was a prolific Italian painter active in Liguria.He was also nicknamed Bruschetto.
Biography
Born in Savona, his father and one of his brothers were employed in painting local maiolica.[1] Another brother, Giacomo, was a civil engineer.[2] As a young man, he traveled to Rome and was influenced by the Neoclassic style of Anton Raphael Mengs, and may have trained with Pompeo Batoni[3] [4]
Works
- St Vincent of Paoli in the first chapel to right of the Church of Sant'Andrea Apostolo (Savona).
- Stuccowork and frescoes for the Church of San Pietro (Savona).
- Mysteries of the Rosary: Canvases for the Church of San Bernardo of Italy.
- Frescoes in the presbytery for the Church of San Lorenzo of Cairo Montenotte.
- Fresco (1810) of St. Martin for the Church of San Martino of Italy.
- Frescoes for the Church of Santissima TrinitĂ in Sassello.
- Frescoes for the Church of San Michele in Celle Ligure.
- Canvases and frescoes for the Church of San Nicolò in Albisola Superiore.
- Canvases for the Church of San Giovanni Battista of Savona.
- Frescoes for the Sanctuary of Nostra Signora delle Grazie al Molo in Genoa.
- Madonna di Misericordia for the Oratory of Nostra Signora di Castello in Savona.
Sources
Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=SJ80AQAAMAAJ Notizie dei professori di disegno in Liguria, Volume 1
- Alizeri, page 275.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=NUlKAAAAcAAJ Biblioteca italiana ossia giornale di letteratura, scienze ed arti
- https://books.google.com/books?id=aOGhAAAAMAAJ Notizie dei professori del disegno in Liguria dalla fondazione dell' Accademia