Francesco Traini

Francesco Traini ( documented * 1321, † 1365 in Pisa ) was an Italian painter of the fourteenth century in Pisa and probably in Bologna.

Traini is considered the head of the school of painting of Pisa in the 14th century, which was based on the Sienese painting of the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti. But the decisive factor for the development of his artistic style should also set up by Giovanni Pisano shortly after 1300 naturalistic reliefs have been at the Domkanzel of Pisa. 1321 Traini is first documented in 1337 he committed himself to the training of an apprentice. In 1340 he painted a (not preserved ) procession banner over its payment it came to the 1341 process. The earliest of his works has a triptych with the legend of Saint Dominic in 1345 obtained ( now in the Museo Nazionale, Pisa).

1363 undertook a " Francischo pittore " for the Santa Caterina in Pisa to paint a large altarpiece, although this too can be a " Maestro Franciescho " from the workshop of Orcagna in Florence itself. Attributed to him are also the panel paintings " St. Anne " in the Princeton Museum, a " Paul with Archangel Michael" in the Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi and a " Madonna and Child" in the Museo del Prado of Madrid. Most researchers agree that the famous fresco " The Triumph of Death " comes on the south wall of the Campo Santo in Pisa from Traini.

The " Triumph of Death " was created by him, together with other frescoes ( "Passion scenes ", " The Last Judgement ", " Inferno " and " The life of the anchorites " ) in 1350 and is one of the key works of the Italian trecento painting. The dramatic realism, as the reactions to the smell of decay and the high dynamics of its protagonists cite credible shown the effects of the great plague in Tuscany in 1348, as described in the " Decameron " by Giovanni Boccaccio ( 1313-1375 ). There is a group of researchers who ascribe the " Triumph of Death " Buonamico Buffalmacco ( tätig. 1315-1336 ). A final result in this matter is still pending.

A large part of the frescoes in the Campo Santo was born on July 27, 1944 by artillery fire heavily damaged or destroyed during the Second World War. The residues obtained were removed from the walls, transferred to new image carrier and attached to the old location again.