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Jan 01, 1800 Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy Died on 02 Apr 1851 (aged 51)
Italian painter (1800-1851)
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About Giuseppe Bonolis
- Giuseppe Bonolis (January 1, 1800 – April 2, 1851) was an Italian painter, known for his portraits and historical canvases. He first trained with Muzio Muzii in Teramo, the city of his birth.
- He taught Calligraphy in the Royal College of Teramo, but in 1820 he was dismissed because he was suspected of seditious Carboneria connections.
- He moved to Naples in 1822, where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts, and studied under Giuseppe Cammarano.
- He became a teacher in various schools in that city.
- He married in 1832 one of his pupils Adelaide Mazza.Among his works are a Death of Abel (1837) displayed at the 1837 Exhibition of Fine Arts in Naples.
- Infancy of Bacchus and Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne were exhibited both in 1841.
- Among his other canvases are The four gifts of Poets ; an Immaculate Conception for the private chapel of the Marchese Tommasi; St Paul; Solon in the Aereopagus; Coriolanus near the Volsci; and a Charon transporting souls.
- He painted the Renunciation of the Crown of Naples by Frederick of Naples.
- He painted an altarpiece of St Bernard, patron of the city, for the Sacristy of the Cathedral of Teramo.
- Among his portraits are ones of the Prince of Fondi, the Marchese Tommasi of Naples, The Greek Princesses Ipsilanti and Kantakouzene, and Prince Ghica of Moldavia.
- He also painted self-portraits found at the Pinacoteca of Teramo and of Macerata.Among his pupils were Achille Vertunni, Filippo Palizzi and Francesco Nétti.
- He died from typhus in 1851 in Naples, and his burial monument there contains a marble bust by Pasquale Ricca.
