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19th Century Cloister Painting oil on canvas by Achille Battistuzzi

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Achille Battistuzzi (Trieste 1830 - Barcelona, ??1891) Cloister Oil on canvas, 51x67 cm - with frame 74 x 89 Signed lower right "A. Battistuzzi" Achille Battistuzzi (Trieste 1830- Barcelona, ??1891) is an Italian painter born in Trieste in 1830 specializing in landscape paintings with urban scenes. Among the recognized works of the painter are the decorations of some rooms of the Caffè Florián in Venice. Vincenzo Porta, Giovanni Pardelli and Pietro Baccanello, new owners of the café, commissioned Battistutti and the Venetian painters Giacomo Casa (1827-1887), Giulio Carlini (1826-1887) and the Trieste artist Antonio Pascutti (1832-1892) to repaint the old rooms of the Florián café, whose creations we can still admire today. After the completion of the works Battistuti decides to move to Barcelona. From the attraction generated by the scenographic representations of Barcelona origin during the second half of the nineteenth century, many foreign painters (mainly French and Italian) moved to Barcelona. Thus Achille Battistuzzi arrived in the city around 1866. His stay in Barcelona became very important as his relationship with other artists of the time opened the doors to a whole world of exhibitions in which the author would have played a very important role. During the second half of the 19th century, new communication systems began to emerge in Barcelona that required a new language such as photography, caricature or cinema. Parallel to all this, numerous urban images of Barcelona begin to spread. With the invention of photography, images of the city began to be portrayed from previously unknown perspectives; in this context, a number of artists emerged who were influenced by photography and painted urban landscapes. Among the best known is Battistuzzi, who stood out above all for his technique, the use of perspective and the medieval touch of his paintings. In fact, its urban panoramas reproduce both architectural glimpses and landscapes, among which the best known is El pla de la Boqueria, of which a preparatory drawing is also preserved: painted around 1873 preserved in the of the National Art Museum of Catalonia. He not only creates views and landscapes, but also various sets working for different theaters in the city. Given his unique style and professional technique, he founded a School of Perspective, Watercolor and Ink in 1877, which produced an entire generation of scenographers in Barcelona. He was a painter strongly influenced by the Venetian landscape painters, that is, he developed an enormous taste for the urban landscape, following the influences of Canaletto and Guardi; being the first to introduce Venetian landscape painting in Catalonia. Battistuzzi is best known for his mastery of the technique and for his objectivity, precision and good use of perspective. He was very detailed and rigorous in his work, in fact, before making a painting, he photographed and drew the landscape that he had to represent. Many of his creations are preserved in Spanish museums: The Barcelona History Museum houses nine works by the artist, and in the Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona there are two oil paintings, two watercolors, two drawings and two engravings while the Maritime Museum of Barcelona preserves in its backdrops the canvas entitled View of the Reales Atarazanas of Barcelona and of the Montaña de Montjuïc, dated 1827. In this painting depicting the interior of a monastic cloister we can trace some of the peculiar characteristics of Battistuti's language: the painter places the perspective at the level of the human eye, which accentuates the sense of reality. He also reproduces all the elements of the view with great fidelity. In order to do this, the artist may have previously drawn a grid that helped him divide the space and distribute the perspective.

Dimensions:

Height: 29.14 in (74 cm)Width: 35.04 in (89 cm)Depth: 2.37 in (6 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Canvas,Hand-Painted,Oiled,Painted

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

19th Century

Date of Manufacture:

19th Century

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.