E. Pluribus Union
Type:Painting
Size:8.25" x 13.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Attributed To Artist
Constantino Brumidi ART FOR SALE
1805 Rome, Italy - 1880 Washington District Of Columbia. Known for: Portrait, historical figures, mural.
Constantino Brumidi was an active Italian muralist in the mid-19th century in America. Having grown up in Rome, he studied under the most famous neoclassical artists, the Italian Vincenzo Camuccini... Read full biography
Constantino Brumidi was an active Italian muralist in the mid-19th century in America. Having grown up in Rome, he studied under the most famous neoclassical artists, the Italian Vincenzo Camuccini and the Danish Bertel Thorwaldsen. Having learned the art of fresco painting he successfully worked... Read full biography
Constantino Brumidi was an active Italian muralist in the mid-19th century in America. Having grown up in Rome, he studied under the most famous neoclassical artists, the Italian Vincenzo Camuccini and the Danish Bertel Thorwaldsen. Having learned the art of fresco painting he successfully worked in Rome at the Vatican and in the Torlonia Palace. In 1848-1849 political events led to his imprisonment in Rome and he was released around 1852. With this freedom he migrated to America in 1852. He... Read full biography
Constantino Brumidi was an active Italian muralist in the mid-19th century in America. Having grown up in Rome, he studied under the most famous neoclassical artists, the Italian Vincenzo Camuccini and the Danish Bertel Thorwaldsen. Having learned the art of fresco painting he successfully worked in Rome at the Vatican and in the Torlonia Palace. In 1848-1849 political events led to his imprisonment in Rome and he was released around 1852. With this freedom he migrated to America in 1852. He settled in Washington D.C. around 1855. There, Captain Montgomery Meigs, supervisor of the decoration of the U.S. Capitol, contracted Brumidi as mural painter for the U.S. Capitol Project. For twenty-two years he completed works in several committee... Read full biography
Constantino Brumidi was an active Italian muralist in the mid-19th century in America. Having grown up in Rome, he studied under the most famous neoclassical artists, the Italian Vincenzo Camuccini and the Danish Bertel Thorwaldsen. Having learned the art of fresco painting he successfully worked in Rome at the Vatican and in the Torlonia Palace. In 1848-1849 political events led to his imprisonment in Rome and he was released around 1852. With this freedom he migrated to America in 1852. He settled in Washington D.C. around 1855. There, Captain Montgomery Meigs, supervisor of the decoration of the U.S. Capitol, contracted Brumidi as mural painter for the U.S. Capitol Project. For twenty-two years he completed works in several committee rooms, the President's Room and the Senate Reception Room and in 1862, the dome of the Rotunda, which Brumidi completed in 1865. Some... Read full biography
Constantino Brumidi - Art for Sale (2 available)
Study for The Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building
Type:Painting
Size:35.25" x 35.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Inscribed
Notes:
This painting sold for $539,500 at the Skinner American Furniture & Decorative Arts auction in Boston on March 4, 2012, setting a new world record for the artist's work at auction.