Bernardo Bellotto
Italian Rococo Era Painter, C.1721-1780
Italian painter and draughtsman. He was a view painter who worked in Italy and later at the courts of Dresden, Vienna, Munich and Warsaw. The nephew and almost certainly the pupil of Canaletto, outside Italy he signed his works de Canaletto and hence became known as Canaletto. He painted both topographical and imaginary views in a style independent of his uncle's, distinguished by cold colour and by the austere geometry of architectural masses. Related Paintings of Bernardo Bellotto :. | Arch of Constantine | Square with the Kreuz Kirche in Dresden | Das kaiserliche Lustschlob Schlobhof, Gartenseite | Fantastic architecture with portrait of Franciszek Salezy Potocki and his son Stanislaw Szczesny. | Capriccio with the Colosseum | Related Artists: Miereveldt, Michiel Jansz. vanDutch, 1567-1641 Deas CharlesAmerican Painter
1818-1867
After an unsuccessful attempt to obtain an appointment at West Point Military Academy, he turned to an artistic career. He quickly earned recognition at the annual exhibitions of the National Academy of Design, New York, to which he was elected an associate member in 1839, with subjects taken from James Fenimore Cooper, Momper, Franqois deFlemish, 1603-1660
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