Dictionary of Artists

 

To meet the requirement of scholars, art dealers, collectors or simple amateurs of having a quick and effective tool at their disposal to satisfy the various exigencies connected with the world of art, first of all the in-depth analysis of the work of painters, sculptors, engravers, photographers, etc., the "Dictionary of artists" puts itself up as an annotated list of names, sometimes accompanied, if marked by an asterisk, by a biography and by some signature examples.

Each artist is matched with a series of index cards regarding the works registered in the Data Bank of the Matteucci Institute, which can be issued on request.

The biographies are taken from the Dizionario degli artisti edited by Cristina Bonagura, integral part of the work Pittori & pittura dell'Ottocento italiano (1996-1997), coordinated by Giuliano Matteucci with the cooperation of Paul Nicholls and realized by the Redazioni Grandi Opere of the "Istituto Geografico De Agostini", to whom the Matteucci Institute expresses its sincere thanks for authorizing the circulation of the texts on line.

 

Faja Guglielmo*

FAJA GUGLIELMO
Palermo 1803 - dopo il 1861
Incoraggiato dal suo maestro, G. Patania, si dedicò alla ritrattistica, soprattutto in miniatura, perfezionandosi a Napoli presso lo studio di J. L. Comte e successivamente a Parigi, sotto la guida di F. Millet. A Napoli ottenne numerose commissioni aristocratiche e fra le altre quelle della duchessa di Berry. Trasferitosi a Parigi intorno al 1830, espose ai Salon e nel 1833 ottenne la medaglia d’oro. Passato a Londra nel 1838, fino al 1848 inviò sue opere alle mostre della Royal Academy.
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