Andrea dei Bruni

Andrea dei Bruni (* 1355 in Bologna , † 1377 in Ancona ) was a late Middle Ages painter from Bologna.

Art historian Francesco Arcangeli attributed works to Bruni such as a polyptych in Fermo in the public library, dated 1369 and signed by Bononia natus Andreas , and the Madonna of Humility in Corridonia (Sant'Agostino Church), signed and dates to the year 1372. Giuseppe Longhi had already distinguished these works from those of Andrea de 'Bartoli , another painter and contemporary of Bruni from Bologna. Bruni's figures are naive in expression and simply drawn, although some of the figures from the Fermo polyptych reflect the refined style of Andrea de 'Bartoli. The architectural elements of the paintings show an interest in surface, possibly inspired by the style of the frescoes in the Basilica of San Francesco in nearby Assisi .

Some of the frescoes from the nave of the abbey church in Pomposa may be early works from around 1355. More simply designed frescoes are in the church of San Maria della Rocca in Offida . A more finely worked coronation of the Virgin Mary with angels playing music , recently removed from the church of San Niccolò in Osimo , shows that Andreas' expressive style based on Vitale da Bologna found a liking in the Marche , and that he was possibly in the service of Giovanni da Oleggio , who in 1360 became papal vicar in Fermo.

literature

• Günter Meißner (Ed.): General artist lexicon . Volume 3: Alvarez-Angelin. Saur, Munich; Seemann, Leipzig 1992, ISBN 3-598-22740-X , pp. 510-511 (Andrea de 'Bartoli is called Andrea Da Bologna , in contrast to Andrea de' Bruni from Bologna).