Giovanni Antonio Guardi

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In the garden of the seraglio (1743)

Giovanni Antonio Guardi , also often referred to as Gianantonio Guardi (* 27. May 1699 in Vienna , † 23. January 1760 in Venice ) was an Italian painter of the Rococo . He was baptized on the day of his birth in the Schottenkirche in Vienna . Guardi is considered a founding member of the Venetian Academy, which was founded in 1750 but only officially recognized in 1756 .

family

Giovanni Antonio Guardi was the eldest son of the northern Italian baroque painter Domenico Guardi (1678–1716) from Trentino and Maria Claudia Pichler from Neumarkt . His brothers were Francesco Guardi (1712–1793) and Nicolò Guardi , his sister Cecilia Guardi married Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), who in 1756 became chairman of the academy.

Life

The family moved to Venice after the birth of Giovanni Antonio Guardi in Vienna . Here he took over his late father's studio in 1719. His two brothers also worked there. It was not until late, around 1750 that he was considered a vedute painter .

His customers included the collector and art connoisseur Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg , for whom Giovanni Antonio Guardi made numerous copies by other artists. He also commissioned him to produce several decorative paintings with Turkish motifs. Schulenburg received a total of 106 paintings from the Guardiwerkstatt

1750–54 Guardi painted the Tobias cycle in the church of Sant Angelo Raffaele in Venice (at the organ stand, can still be seen there).

literature

Web links

Commons : Giovanni Antonio Guardi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

  • Turkish dance

  • In the harem

  • Soldier and courtesan

  • Portrait of Schulenburg

Remarks

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personal data
SURNAME Guardi, Giovanni Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guardi, Gianantonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Rococo painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1760
Place of death Venice