Carlo Antonio Bussi
Carlo Antonio Bussi (* 1658 in Bissone ; † July 15, 1690 in Vöcklabruck ) was a Swiss fresco painter who designed numerous churches and monasteries in what is now Upper Austria and Lower Bavaria, including the Passau Cathedral , during the Baroque period .
He was born in 1658 as the second of eight children of the painter Giovanni Francesco Bussi in Bissone on Lake Lugano . In some cases, the year of birth 1650 is incorrectly given. In 1682 he married Margarete, daughter of the famous artist - perhaps also his mentor, or at least his role model - Carpoforo Tencalla . After his death in 1685, Carlo Antonio completed the work of his father-in-law: first the fresco cycle in the choir of the parish church of S. Carpoforo in Bissone and then the frescoes in the side aisle of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Passau with the apse fresco. In April 1687 he received the order for the frescoing of the organ underside and four yokes each of the side aisles in Passau Cathedral, which he completed in the summer of 1688. In the following year he furnished the court chapel in the prince-bishop's residence , although only the ceiling fresco has survived to this day.
On November 10, 1689, Carlo Antonio accepted the order for the frescoing of the Agidius Church (Dörfelkirche) in Vöcklabruck. Here, however, he died surprisingly on July 15, 1690.
literature
- Franz Mader : Tausend Passauer - Biographical Lexicon on Passau's city history . 1st edition. Neue-Presse-Verlags-GmbH, Passau 1995, ISBN 3-924484-98-8 (co-editor: Stadtarchiv Passau).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bussi, Carlo Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss fresco painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1658 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bissone |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1690 |
| Place of death | Vöcklabruck |