Giovanni Fulco

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Giovanni Fulco (* 1605 in Messina , † 1680 in Rome ) was an Italian Baroque painter in Sicily .

Life

Fulco was initially a student of Antonio Catalano il Giovane (1585–1666) in Messina and then switched to Massimo Stanzione in Naples , from whom he took over the Chiaroscuro of Caravaggio and the elegant painting style of Guido Reni .

Back in Messina he worked as a painter of frescoes and altarpieces. Because of the anti-Spanish revolt of 1674 , Fulco had to leave Messina. Via Naples he went to Rome, where he died in 1680.

The drawings from his estate were secured by the famous painter Carlo Maratta , who appreciated Fulco's powerful and realistic painting style.

Most of Fulco's work was lost in the great earthquake of 1908 .

One of his students in Messina was Giovanni Lo Coco

Works (selection)

  • Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata ( Messina ): frescoes and the “Nativity of Mary” in the Cappella del Crocifisso
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta (Messina VI, Faro Superiore / Ganzirri): panel “Pietà”
  • Chiesa Santa Maria della Lettera (Messina VI, Torre Faro): panel paintings “Stigmatization of Francis” and “Pietà”
  • Basilica dei Santissima Pietro e Paolo ( Acireale ): frescoes in the choir and in the apse (with Baldessaro Grasso)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Fulco, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1605
PLACE OF BIRTH Messina
DATE OF DEATH 1680
Place of death Rome