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1629 Genoa, Italy - 1657. Known for: Figure Painting; Draftsman; Etching.
Born in Genoa in 1629, Bartolomeo Biscaino first studied with his father Giovanni Andrea, a landscape painter. Around 1649-1650 he entered the studio of Valerio Castello (1625-1659) where, alongside... Read full biography
Born in Genoa in 1629, Bartolomeo Biscaino first studied with his father Giovanni Andrea, a landscape painter. Around 1649-1650 he entered the studio of Valerio Castello (1625-1659) where, alongside Stefano Magnasco and Giovanni Battista Merano and he became one of his most celebrated pupils.... Read full biography
Born in Genoa in 1629, Bartolomeo Biscaino first studied with his father Giovanni Andrea, a landscape painter. Around 1649-1650 he entered the studio of Valerio Castello (1625-1659) where, alongside Stefano Magnasco and Giovanni Battista Merano and he became one of his most celebrated pupils. However, Biscaino distinguished himself from the others for his stylistic autonomy, and especially for his distinctive renderings of the female figure’s features, and for the depiction of insistently... Read full biography
Born in Genoa in 1629, Bartolomeo Biscaino first studied with his father Giovanni Andrea, a landscape painter. Around 1649-1650 he entered the studio of Valerio Castello (1625-1659) where, alongside Stefano Magnasco and Giovanni Battista Merano and he became one of his most celebrated pupils. However, Biscaino distinguished himself from the others for his stylistic autonomy, and especially for his distinctive renderings of the female figure’s features, and for the depiction of insistently folding drapery. Biscaino was able to adapt Valerio Castello’s example to his own sensibility, however, compared to the latter who had a preference for broad, highly scenographic compositions, Bartolomeo Biscaino maintained an intimate character in his... Read full biography
Born in Genoa in 1629, Bartolomeo Biscaino first studied with his father Giovanni Andrea, a landscape painter. Around 1649-1650 he entered the studio of Valerio Castello (1625-1659) where, alongside Stefano Magnasco and Giovanni Battista Merano and he became one of his most celebrated pupils. However, Biscaino distinguished himself from the others for his stylistic autonomy, and especially for his distinctive renderings of the female figure’s features, and for the depiction of insistently folding drapery. Biscaino was able to adapt Valerio Castello’s example to his own sensibility, however, compared to the latter who had a preference for broad, highly scenographic compositions, Bartolomeo Biscaino maintained an intimate character in his paintings and his figures are more classicisied. Biscaino gives the media in his paintings such full body that one can seemingly touch the relief sC.... Read full biography
