Guglielmo Borremans

Guglielmo Borremans (* 1672 in Antwerp , † 1724 in Palermo ; called Fiammingo ) was a Flemish painter who developed his main activity in Campania , Calabria and Sicily .

Life

Under the name Wilhelm Borremans, he was registered in 1688/1689 as an apprentice to the Antwerp painter Pieter van Lint . Shortly after 1700 he went to Italy. 1704–1706 he is documented in Calabria, where he created panel paintings and frescoes . A stay in Naples followed . There he dealt in particular with the works of Luca Giordano and Paolo De Matteis . Around 1715 he settled in Palermo.

Here he developed his own style from a combination of his Flemish education and the artistic knowledge gained in Naples.

His unmistakable artistic expression and his high level of craftsmanship quickly made him one of the most popular painters in Sicily, whose frescoes can be found in numerous churches all over the island.

His son Luigi and the grandson Guglielmo d. J. were also active as painters in Sicily.

Work (selection)

• Cappella di Santa Caterina d´Alessandria in Cosenza : Fresco "Glory of St. Catherine " (1705)
• Cosenza Cathedral: Madonna, Child and Saint Anthony
• Santa Maria dell'Amiraglio, called " Martorana " in Palermo : frescoes "Scenes from the life of Jesus" (1717) and "Triumph of the Benedictine order "
• San Vincenzo Ferreri in Nicosia (Sicily): with the fresco "Glory of Vincent Ferrer and other holy Dominicans "
• San Giuseppe dei Teatini in Palermo: frescoes (1724)
• SS. Quaranta Martiri alla Grilla in Palermo: frescoes
• Santa Maria di Montevergine in Palermo: frescoes (1721)
• San Giovanni Ev. in Piazza Armerina : frescoes (around 1722)
• Chiesa dei Minoriti in Catania : "Annunciation"
• Santa Maria la Nova in Caltanissetta : frescoes (1722)
• San Antonio Buccheri : two paintings on canvas “St. Anthony "and" St. Vitus "
• Chiesa Matrice in Alcamo : frescoes (1736–37)
• Santa Agata in Caltanissetta: frescoes

Cathedral in Enna : frescoes

literature

• Giovanna Piccolo Galati: Di Guglielmo Borremans pittore fiammingo in Italia, 1670-1744. Viterbo, Agnesotti 1997.
• Enrico Mauceri : Borremans, Guglielmo . 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. 375 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Citta Siracusano: Guglielmo Borremans tra Napoli e Sicilia ("Le forme e la storia" 2) Palermo, Lombardi 1990.

Web links

• Guglielmo Borremans on artnet.de (accessed April 27, 2014)