Edoardo Chiossone

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Edoardo Chiossone (born January 20, 1833 in Arenzano , † April 11, 1898 in Tokyo ) was an Italian etcher .

Life

From 1847 he took etching lessons with Raffaele Granara at the Accademia ligustica in Genoa for eight years . He made both engravings and etchings. During his studies he received several awards for his work, including copies of Renaissance masters. The academy has archived some of it, which is now part of the affiliated museum. His cousin Domenico Chiossone , also an etcher, published Italia artistica o Galleria di capolavori italiani disegnati ed incisi dai quadri originali esistenti nelle varie città in 1860 , the illustrations of which the two made. Text author was David Chiossone .

He was invited to Japan as oyatoi gaikokujin and in 1872 was appointed director of the state printing works of the Ministry of Finance in Tokyo. In 1888 he made the official portrait of Emperor Meiji . Chiossone collected Japanese art, which he bequeathed to the city of Genoa with the commission of founding a museum. This opened in 1905 as the Museo d'arte orientale Edoardo Chiossone .

Chiossone himself is buried in the area of ​​foreigners in the Aoyama cemetery in Tokyo.

gallery

  • Photography Chiossones

  • Official portrait of Emperor Meiji , Conté chalk drawing by Chiossone

  • Banknote with Chiossone engraving, which is supposed to represent the ruler Jingū

literature

  • V. Pica, L'arte giapponese al Museo Chiossone di Genova , Bergamo 1907.
  • Istituto italiano di cultura di Tokyo (ed.), Edoardo Chiossone: un artista italiano al servizio del governo giapponese dal 1875 al 1898 , Tokyo 1976.
  • Donatella Failla (ed.), Edoardo Chiossone: un collezionista erudito nel Giappone Meiji , Genoa 1995.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry Chiossone, Edoardo, In: Enciclopedia Treccani , Vol. X.
personal data
SURNAME Chiossone, Edoardo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chiossone, Carlo Edoardo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian eraser
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH Arenzano
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1898
Place of death Tokyo