Antonio Ambrogio Alciati
Illustration — Self-portrait Antonio Ambrogio Alciati (1878 – 8 March 1929) was an Italian painter mainly in Northern Italy.
Antonio Ambrogio Alciati
Fot. Napoli · L'immagine è estratta da https: in Emporium, Vol. LXIII, N. 254, febbraio 1916 (Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche, Berg · Public domain
- Born
- 1878 · Vercelli.
- Died
- 1929 · Milan.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Education
- Brera Academy
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Illustration — Self-portrait Antonio Ambrogio Alciati (1878 – 8 March 1929) was an Italian painter mainly in Northern Italy.
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Antonio Ambrogio Alciati studied at Brera Academy. Ezio Moioli is recorded as having studied under Antonio Ambrogio Alciati. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Employment is recorded with Brera Academy. Work by Antonio Ambrogio Alciati is recorded in the collections of Museo del Paesaggio, Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci" and Collections of the Ospedale Maggiore.
He was born in Vercelli, in the Piedmont. Initially studying at the Istituto di Belle Arti in Vercelli, in 1889, he moved to Milan, where he studied under Vespasiano Bignami and Cesare Tallone at the Brera Academy. In 1920, he replaced Tallone as professor of figure at the academy. His portraits recall the impasto effects of Tranquillo Cremona, Giovanni Boldini, Mosè Bianchi, and Eugène Carrière. He painted frescoes for the Villa Pirotta of Brunate (near Como) and also for churches in Lombardy. He was an active member of the Masons, rising in 1922 to the level of master.
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• Illustration — Portrait of a lady • Illustration — Il convegno • Illustration — Pensieri • Illustration — Woman with a hat
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1878
Antonio Ambrogio Alciati born at Vercelli.
1929
Antonio Ambrogio Alciati died at Milan.
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- 1.Portrait by Alciati at Museo Borgogna, Vercelli.
- 2.Vittorio Gnocchini, L'Italia dei Liberi Muratori, Erasmo ed., Roma, 2005, pp. 6-7.
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- I ritratti di A. Alciati alla Quadriennale, in « L'illustrazione italiana », 1908
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Formation and teaching. Alciati studied at Brera Academy. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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