Giuseppe Bertini (painter)

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Giuseppe Bertini (born December 11, 1825 in Milan , † November 24, 1898 there ) was an Italian painter .

Life

Bertini's fresco by Galileo Galilei showing the Doge of Venice using the telescope

Giuseppe Bertini studied at the Art Academy of Milan with Luigi Sabatelli and Giuseppe Bisi . In 1845, at the age of 20, he exhibited his painting Dante and his brother Hilarius ( Dante e frate Ilario ), which already showed him to be a capable artist. The Austrian government even exempted him from military service so that he could continue his studies undisturbed. After he had also trained in fresco painting , he was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan in 1860, in which position he had a great influence on the development of the Lombard school. Most recently he was director of the Brera painting gallery in Milan. He died in this city in 1898 at the age of just 73. Among his best students was the famous painter Francesco Filippini .

Besides the image Torquato Tasso the Duke is Emanuel Philibert presented (in the royal palace in Turin Bertini among others painted) several altarpieces, as The Assumption of the Virgin for the church of Valmarana, and the vision of Saint Francis of Assisi for the church of San Babila in Milan; also for the parish church in Palermo the death of St. Joseph . His frescoes in the Greek Orthodox Church in Trieste and those in the house of Andrea Ponti in Varese , which depict characteristic moments from the lives of Volta, Galileo , Columbus and Guido of Arezzo , are also noteworthy . Bertini also created decorative paintings in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan.

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SURNAME Bertini, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1898
Place of death Milan