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Giuseppe Recco BIOGRAPHY
1634 Naples, Italy - 1695 Alicante, Spain. Known for: Realist painting of still life, game, fruit and flowers, heroic figure portraits.
Giuseppe Recco was born in 1634 in Naples, Italy, and most likely received his artistic education from his father Giacomo and his uncle Giovanni Battista. He specialized primarily in still lifes.... Read full biography
Giuseppe Recco was born in 1634 in Naples, Italy, and most likely received his artistic education from his father Giacomo and his uncle Giovanni Battista. He specialized primarily in still lifes. Recco created a large part of his oeuvre in Spain, where his plant and animal compositions were very... Read full biography
Giuseppe Recco was born in 1634 in Naples, Italy, and most likely received his artistic education from his father Giacomo and his uncle Giovanni Battista. He specialized primarily in still lifes. Recco created a large part of his oeuvre in Spain, where his plant and animal compositions were very popular. After returning to his hometown, he was further influenced by Caravaggio and painted mainly sea-themed topics. Recco died in 1695 in Alicante, Italy. An undisputed 17th century Neapolitan... Read full biography
Giuseppe Recco was born in 1634 in Naples, Italy, and most likely received his artistic education from his father Giacomo and his uncle Giovanni Battista. He specialized primarily in still lifes. Recco created a large part of his oeuvre in Spain, where his plant and animal compositions were very popular. After returning to his hometown, he was further influenced by Caravaggio and painted mainly sea-themed topics. Recco died in 1695 in Alicante, Italy. An undisputed 17th century Neapolitan still-life artist, Giuseppe Recco (Naples, 1634 - Alicante, 1695) stands out for the richness and variety of his still-life paintings of fruit, fish displays and kitchen utensils often presented on entablatures. Although his compositions may appear... Read full biography
Giuseppe Recco was born in 1634 in Naples, Italy, and most likely received his artistic education from his father Giacomo and his uncle Giovanni Battista. He specialized primarily in still lifes. Recco created a large part of his oeuvre in Spain, where his plant and animal compositions were very popular. After returning to his hometown, he was further influenced by Caravaggio and painted mainly sea-themed topics. Recco died in 1695 in Alicante, Italy. An undisputed 17th century Neapolitan still-life artist, Giuseppe Recco (Naples, 1634 - Alicante, 1695) stands out for the richness and variety of his still-life paintings of fruit, fish displays and kitchen utensils often presented on entablatures. Although his compositions may appear disordered, they are always skillfully organised in colour and form so that the viewer's eye wanders over the entire canvas. Of... Read full biography
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Giuseppe Recco was born in 1634 in Naples, Italy, and most likely received his artistic education from his father Giacomo and his uncle Giovanni Battista. He specialized primarily in still lifes. Recco created a large part of his oeuvre in Spain, where his plant and animal compositions were very popular. After returning to his hometown, he was further influenced by Caravaggio and painted mainly sea-themed topics. Recco died in 1695 in Alicante, Italy
An undisputed 17th century Neapolitan still-life artist, Giuseppe Recco (Naples, 1634 - Alicante, 1695) stands out for the richness and variety of his still-life paintings of fruit, fish displays and kitchen utensils often presented on entablatures. Although his compositi...But wait, there's more...
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