Giuseppe Zannoni

Giuseppe Zannoni (1849 - 1903) was an Italian painter.[1]

Biography
Giuseppe Zannoni, Feeding the Animals (oil on canvas)

Born in Verona, Zannoni studied at the Cignaroli Academy, receiving prizes at local exhibitions from 1865 to 1871. He travelled to Milan with his cousin, the sculptor Ugo Zannoni, and enrolled in the Brera Academy, where he was a pupil of Giuseppe Bertini.[2] In 1877 he exhibited the painting Marc Anthony reveals the bloody cloak of Caesar to the Roman people in Naples; In 1891 in Milan, with three genre paintings: Arrivo degli sposi; Trastulli e ammonizioni; Cacciatore e volpe. In 1884 in Rome he exhibited: Stanchezza; Vendemmia; Scorciatoia; Manca l ' acqua alle cascine; Lungo il Torrente di Val di Muggio, and Genio in erba. Among other works Il piasto; L'ozio ingannato (1874); La favorita, and La preghiera. In 1887 in Venice he exhibited: Sentinella; In assenza della nonna; Studi in cucina; Nella stalla; Prima neve and Buon giorno. In 1891, he sent to the Brera annual exhibition: Luna di miele and Al mercato.[3]

He also painted frescoes in various churches, mainly in Verona, including the church of the Filippini, where in 1890, he painted a Sacred Heart and Saints and an Assumption of Mary for the church of Santa Maria alla Porta, Milan.[4] He died from the consequences of a fall from a scaffold on May 28, at Monteforte d'Alpone, ten days after beginning to paint the Trinity fresco at the apse of the local parish church.[5]

References
  1. Istituto Matteucci biography from Dizionario degli artisti, curated by Cristina Bonagura, Part of the work of Pittori & pittura dell’Ottocento italiano (1996-1997) coordinated by Giuliano Matteucci with the collaboration of Paul Nicholls, and completed with the Redazioni Grandi Opere dell’Istituto Geografico De Agostini.
  2. Gallery art center short biography.
  3. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 558.
  4. Istituto Matteucci
  5. Galleryartcenter


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