Giuseppe Bonito
Giuseppe Bonito (born November 1, 1707 in Castellammare di Stabia , † May 19, 1789 in Naples ) was an Italian painter between late baroque and classicism .
Life
Bonito was a student of Francesco Solimena in Naples, whose style he appropriated in his earlier works. Later the school influences disappear as he finds his own style of painting through shortening and strong illumination ( chiaroscuro ) of figures and architecture. Later he focused his work on portrait and genre painting .
In 1751 he was appointed court painter to the kings of Naples, in 1752 he became a member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and in 1755 head of the newly founded Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples and director of the royal tapestry workshop.
He worked with Francesco De Mura on larger orders for fresco painting . His often somewhat crude genre pictures with street children and characters from the Commedia dell'arte were often confused with those of Gaspare Traversi .
One of his students was Elia Interguglielmi .
Works (selection)
- Cappella del Monte di Pietà (Naples): ceiling painting "Caritas" (1742)
- Chiesa di Santa Chiara (Naples): frescoes (1742–1747) together with Francesco De Mura, Sebastiano Conca and Paolo De Maio (1703–1784)
- San Paolo Maggiore, Cappella di San Carlo (Naples): panel paintings “S. Carlo "and" S. Nepomuseno "
- Staatsgalerie Stuttgart : "Caritas distributes alms" (before 1742)
- Castle Chapel in the Palace of Caserta : Altarpiece “Immaculate Conception” (1788); The painting “Marriage of Mary” (1772) was destroyed in the Second World War
- San Giovanni e Teresa (Naples): several panel paintings (together with Francesco De Mura)
- Cathedral of Castellammare di Stabia : "Handing over the keys to Peter"
- Museo di Capodimonte (Naples): several panel paintings
- Cathedral of Vico Equense : altarpiece
literature
- Giuseppe Ceci: Bonito, Giuseppe . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 4 : Bida – Brevoort . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 302-303 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Robert Enggass: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 12. Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1971 ( treccani.it ).
- Jane Turner: The Dictionary of Art. Volume 4, Grove, New York 1996, ISBN 1-884446-00-0 , p. 323.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bonito, Giuseppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1707 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castellammare di Stabia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1789 |
| Place of death | Naples |