Giuseppe Bertini
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Giuseppe Bertini was an Italian
painter, active in Milan
.
He studied at the Brera
under Luigi Sabatelli
and Giuseppe Bisi, and in 1845 was awarded the prix de Rome on the strength of a picture of the meeting between Dante and Fra Ilario. He also painted the Triumphal entry of the allied sovereigns into that city after the battle of Magenta (after 1859). He also painted frescoes on a vaulted room of the residence of the Puricelli Guerra, representing the great men of the Middle Ages, backgrounded against perspectives of Gothic architecture. He painted the sipario in collaboration
with Raffaele Casnedi for the theatre of La Scala
in 1862. The Sala Dorata in the Poldi-Pezzoli Museum at Milan has a series of
three mural panels at the end of the room opposite the window, the central one representing Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, and the two lateral ones symbolizing Poetry and Music. The decorations on the cove of the ceiling of the Dante Room in the same museum are also his.
Between 1848 and 1860 he was occasionally employed as an instructor in the Academy of Fine Arts, and upon the reorganization of that institution in 1860 he was placed permanently in charge of one of the two schools of painting (Hayez
being in charge of
the other), and has continued to hold his professorship till the end of the century.
Italy
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painter, active in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
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He studied at the Brera
Brera
Brera is a district of Milan, ItalyBrera may also refer to:* the Palazzo Brera, a historical building in Brera; the palace also houses:** the Brera Art Academy** the Brera Art Gallery** the Brera Astronomical Observatory...
under Luigi Sabatelli
Luigi Sabatelli
Luigi Sabatelli was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period, active in Milan, Rome, and his native city of Florence....
and Giuseppe Bisi, and in 1845 was awarded the prix de Rome on the strength of a picture of the meeting between Dante and Fra Ilario. He also painted the Triumphal entry of the allied sovereigns into that city after the battle of Magenta (after 1859). He also painted frescoes on a vaulted room of the residence of the Puricelli Guerra, representing the great men of the Middle Ages, backgrounded against perspectives of Gothic architecture. He painted the sipario in collaboration
with Raffaele Casnedi for the theatre of La Scala
La Scala
La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...
in 1862. The Sala Dorata in the Poldi-Pezzoli Museum at Milan has a series of
three mural panels at the end of the room opposite the window, the central one representing Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, and the two lateral ones symbolizing Poetry and Music. The decorations on the cove of the ceiling of the Dante Room in the same museum are also his.
Between 1848 and 1860 he was occasionally employed as an instructor in the Academy of Fine Arts, and upon the reorganization of that institution in 1860 he was placed permanently in charge of one of the two schools of painting (Hayez
Francesco Hayez
Francesco Hayez was an Italian painter, the leading artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories and exceptionally fine portraits.-Biography:...
being in charge of
the other), and has continued to hold his professorship till the end of the century.