Leonardo Bazzaro
Leonardo Bazzaro (Milan, 1853–1937) was an Italian painter mainly of landscapes and interior vedute.
Biography
After picking up the basics in the studio of the painter Gaetano Fasanotti, Bazzaro enrolled at the Brera Academy in Milan, where he was awarded the Fumagalli Prize in 1875. The following years saw a series of perspective views set in Milanese churches and mansions. Among his paintings from 1881-1887, are the Interior of the Church of the Carmine, (Brera), Interior of the Choir of San Vittore, Interior of Sala Verri, The Ponte dei Sospiri, Investiture of Monks in Monastery, Canal near Corsico; and Scena sul Naviglio.[1]
The success achieved with the public and critics alike at a number of major national and international events prompted him to take an interest also in portraiture and in both rural landscape and cityscape painting; for the latter, his favorite settings were Venice and Chioggia. The works of the 1880s and 1890s also include increasingly intimate scenes of everyday life in the setting of Valsassina, Valle d’Aosta and Verbano. Bazzaro continued to take part in numerous exhibitions in the region of Lombardy as well as the Venice Biennale and the Rome Quadrenniale right up to his death, always achieving great success with collectors and being asked to execute replicas of his most popular subjects.
His brother Ernesto Bazzaro was a sculptor.
Main paintings
- Il duello (1878)
- La vestizione della monaca (1888)
- Il duello (1878)
- Ponte di Chioggia (1889)
- Pace di naufraghi (1897)
- Marina di Chioggia (1900)
- Dopo il naufragio (1906)
References
- Laura Casone, Leonardo Bazzaro, online catalogue Artgate by Fondazione Cariplo, 2010, CC BY-SA (source for the first revision of this article).
- F.L. Maspes, E. Savoia, Leonardo Bazzaro. Catalogo generale delle opere (catalogue raisonné), Antiga Edizioni, Crocetta del Montello (TV), 2011.
- E. Chiodini, Leonardo Bazzaro. Una vita per la pittura, in F.L. Maspes, E. Savoia, Leonardo Bazzaro. Catalogo generale delle opere (catalogue raisonné), Antiga Edizioni, Crocetta del Montello (TV), 2011, pp. 11–45.
- S. Bosi, Leonardo Bazzaro. Un protagonista dell'Ottocento lombardo. Biography, in Leonardo Bazzaro e i grandi maestri del Naturalismo lombardo, Exhibition's catalogue, by E. Savoia, Bottegantica, Milano, 2011, pp. 5–7.
- ↑ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 42.
Exhibitions
- Leonardo Bazzaro Un protagonista dell'Ottocento Lombardo - Leonardo Bazzaro e i grandi maestri del Naturalismo lombardo (1870-1900) Galleria Bottegantica, Milano dal 21/10/2011 al 23/12/2011.
- Leonardo Bazzaro Un protagonista dell'Ottocento Lombardo - Leonardo Bazzaro. Itinerario pittorico tra la Valle d’Aosta e la Laguna Veneta (1900-1930) Galleria Ambrosiana, Milano dal 21/10/2011 al 23/12/2011.
Other projects
Media related to Leonardo Bazzaro at Wikimedia Commons