Giacomo Conti (painter)

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Giacomo Conti (born November 2, 1813 in Messina , † April 9, 1888 in Florence ) was an Italian painter from Sicily .

Giacomo Conti : "The good Samaritan". Museo Regionale di Messina

Life

Conti became known as a history painter and painter of religious motifs. He received his first training from Letterio Subba (1797–1868) in Messina. With a scholarship from his hometown, Conti went to Rome in 1834 to the Accademia di San Luca , where Francesco Coghetti (1804–1865) and Francesco Podesti (1800–1895) were his teachers.

At the end of 1836 he returned to Messina, where he worked as a portraitist and illustrator. In 1843 he continued his education at the Istituto di Belle Arti in Siena . In Florence he exhibited his first painting " La disfida di Barletta ", which was acquired by Grand Duke Leopold II . A cycle of four paintings with scenes from the Risorgimento was also created in Florence .

Many of the pictures and frescoes he painted for Messina were lost in the great earthquake of 1908 , including the paintings “The Sicilian Vespers ” and “Romeo's Death”, as well as the ceiling fresco “The Story of Saint Benedict”.

He was represented at exhibitions, including in Florence (1861) and Turin (1884).

A large part of his artistic estate is in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe (Florence) and in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara .

Works (selection)

  • Teatro Vittorio Emanuele II (Messina) ceiling fresco (1859)
  • Cathedral of San Sebastiano ( Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ): "Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (1869)
  • Accademia di Belle Arti ( Carrara ): Study on "Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" and "The Samaritan Woman at the Well"
  • Messina Exchange "Dance of the Hours"
  • Private collection in Messina: "Dance of the Hours"
  • Collereale Hospital (Messina): Portrait of Giovanni Capece, Principe di Collereale
  • Museo Regionale (Messina) : "The parable of the Good Samaritan"
  • Accademia di San Luca (Rome): chalk drawing of a male figure in the archive

literature

personal data
SURNAME Conti, Giacomo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH Messina
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1888
Place of death Florence