Gaspare Diziani
Gaspare Diziani (* November 24, 1689 in Belluno, † August 17 1767 in Venice ) was an Italian painter, draftsman, engraver, stage designer and restorer of the late Baroque and early Rococo.
Life
Gaspare Diziani began his studies of painting at Antonio Lazzarini in Belluno. Later he moved to Venice, where he first joined the studio of Gregorio Lazzarini. After that he went on Sebastiano Ricci in the teaching major influence on him, and is regarded as its most important successor Diziani today.
From 1712 drew Diziani as a traveling artist through Europe. At first he lived in England. From August III. created around 1717 to Saxony, he spent several years at his court. He designed stage sets and painted several altarpieces for the Castle Church in Dresden. In 1718 he made four lintels for the Munich Residence.
Apart from a stay in Rome (1726 /27), where he held a mural in the San Lorenzo in Damaso designed on behalf of Cardinal Ottoboni, Diziani lived from 1720 again exclusively in Venice. In that year he was admitted to the Venetian painters' guild and ended a cycle of eight paintings on which he had worked for ten years. This includes a portrait of Mary Magdalene, which is located in the Church of San Stefano, Belluno. He also painted three frescoes on the life of St. Helena in the Scuola del Vin at San Silvestro in Venice.
After the death of Sebastiano Ricci 1734 he was on stage painting and devoted himself entirely to painting decoration, where he mainly historical, religious and landscape motifs chose. Diziani was known for fast and accurate Technique with powerful brush strokes. Especially his early work is characterized by exuberant colors and gestures, which can be attributed to the influence Ricci. Later he developed his own style, which is a little softer and more delicate, which is reflected in particular in his works of the second half of the 1740s.
In his time Diziani was a very popular and busy painter who executed many works for churches and monasteries in and around Venice, where his two sons Antonio him (1737 - 1797) and Giuseppe (1732 - 1803) supported actively. Among his pupils were Jacopo Marie ski (1711-1794) and Pietro Edwards ( 1744-1821 ).
During the 19th century Diziani was largely forgotten, his works were rarely mentions or Ricci attributed. Only later did his important contribution to the artistic era of the late Baroque was recognized again. Today, find his work in major museums such as the Hermitage, the Louvre in Paris or in the Albertina in Vienna.