Pelagio Palagi

Pelagio Palagi (* 1775 in Bologna, † 1860 in Turin ) was an Italian painter, sculptor and furniture designer.

Filippo Pelagio Palagi was educated at the Accademia Clementina in Bologna. In 1806 he moved to Rome the Accademia di San Luca, where he subsequently became a teacher. Like his pupil Francesco Hayez he was heavily influenced by Antonio Canova, the main representatives of the Italian classicism. Palagi was interested in Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman sculptures that he also collected. From 1815 to 1832 he lived and worked in Milan. In 1832 he moved to the invitation of Carlo Alberto of Sardinia - Piedmont after Turin. The Piazzetta Reale in Turin, was only separated by a grille designed by the artist from Piazza Castello designed in 1835 by Palagi. His monumental, neoclassical monument in Piazza Palazzo di Città is Amedeo VI. of Savoy represents ( The green Graf), who was venerated in Turin as a hero of the Crusades. 1836 appointed him to the Carlo Alberto " painter for the royal palaces " and commissioned the equipment of Racconighi castle and the Palazzo Real, for which he also designed furniture pieces. At the same time he became director of the Scuola d' Ornato della Reale Accademia di Belle Arti.

A sculpture of the artist " head with short curly hair " has belongs to the art collection of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Palagi was by the French writer Stendhal (1883-1842) greatly appreciated and The Charterhouse of Parma (La Chartreuse de Parme ) is more often mentioned in his main work.