Giambattista Bassi
Giambattista Bassi (born February 20, 1784 in Massalombarda , † July 5, 1852 in Rome ) was an Italian painter .
Giambattista Bassi was a valued painter at the height of his career and was in contact with the most important artists of his time such as Antonio Canova , Bertel Thorvaldsen and Pietro Giordani .
Life
At the age of 15 Giambattista Bassi began his training, which he completed in 1807, with drawing lessons from the architect Zaccaria Facchini, who later recommended him to continue his lessons at the Accademia Clementina in Bologna . In line with his training, he initially mainly produced architectural drawings, but then turned to pure landscape painting .
Together with the Bolognese landscape painters Fantuzzi, Savino and Gaetano Tramboni, who were also at the beginning of their careers, he was commissioned to decorate the Conti house in Bologna. With financial support from his hometown, he went to Rome with Tramboni. In 1809 he returned to Bologna. A little later he won a three-year Rome scholarship in the architecture class.
From the end of the 1810s he lived permanently in Rome and experienced his most successful professional years here between 1816 and 1826. In 1818 he received from Elizabeth Hervey, the Duchess of Devonshire, the commission for the Veduta di Capo Miseno . His paintings were also bought by King Ferdinand IV of Naples, Prince Heinrich of Prussia , Count Esterhazy and Lady Bentinck. Because of his success, he repeated the most popular of his pictures again and again, such as The Grotto of Posilipo .
In the 1830s he adapted his motifs more and more to the fashions of history painting . His landscapes became increasingly schematic. The figure staff and the narrative character were from now on in the foreground. In the following he lost many of his former clients and had to accept the demands of tourists in Rome. After several accidents in the family, he worked as a drawing teacher and tour guide.
Giambattista Bassi died impoverished in Rome. His tomb is in the S. Andrea fuori porta del Popolo.
Works (selection)
- 1801: Terra di Massalombardo (Massalombardo, town hall)
- 1802: Veduta della Madonna di S. Luca (Massalombardo, Town Hall).
- 1816: Una foresta presso un Corso d'aqua (Copenhagen, Thorvaldsen Museum)
- 1818: Veduta di Capo Miseno
- 1819: The Grotto of Posilipo (The original was acquired by the Prince of Prussia, there are a total of six replicas)
- 1824: Un sentiero nel bosco (Copenhagen, Thorvaldsen Museum)
literature
- Giambattista Bassi (1784-1852). Pittore di paesi. A cura di Concetto Nicosia, con scritti di Anna Ottani Cavina et al. Nuova Alfa, Bologna 1985
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Giambattista Bassi's architectural drawings are now in the Accademia Bologna and in the town hall of Massalombarda
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bassi, Giambattista |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Massalombarda |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1852 |
| Place of death | Rome |