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Vincenzo Chilone BIOGRAPHY
1758 Venice, Italy - 1839 Venice, Italy. Known for: Venetian scene painting, buildings, canal scenes.
Vincenzo Chilone (10 July 1758, Venice - 12 January 1839, Venice) was an Italian painter who specialized in vedute (large scale, detailed scenes), after the style of Canaletto. He was born into a... Read full biography
Vincenzo Chilone (10 July 1758, Venice - 12 January 1839, Venice) was an Italian painter who specialized in vedute (large scale, detailed scenes), after the style of Canaletto. He was born into a poor family and lost his father at the age of two. When he was twelve, he worked as a maker of silk... Read full biography
Vincenzo Chilone (10 July 1758, Venice - 12 January 1839, Venice) was an Italian painter who specialized in vedute (large scale, detailed scenes), after the style of Canaletto. He was born into a poor family and lost his father at the age of two. When he was twelve, he worked as a maker of silk stockings. Later, he was apprenticed to a woodcarver. His neighbor there turned out to be a student of Francesco Battaglioli. Chilone was introduced to him and accepted into his school. Economic needs... Read full biography
Vincenzo Chilone (10 July 1758, Venice - 12 January 1839, Venice) was an Italian painter who specialized in vedute (large scale, detailed scenes), after the style of Canaletto. He was born into a poor family and lost his father at the age of two. When he was twelve, he worked as a maker of silk stockings. Later, he was apprenticed to a woodcarver. His neighbor there turned out to be a student of Francesco Battaglioli. Chilone was introduced to him and accepted into his school. Economic needs and family misfortunes led him to become an assistant to Alessandro Mauro, a theater architect, and set designer. All of his work was done without credit. After Mauro's death, he tried briefly to work on his own but eventually accepted a position in... Read full biography
Vincenzo Chilone (10 July 1758, Venice - 12 January 1839, Venice) was an Italian painter who specialized in vedute (large scale, detailed scenes), after the style of Canaletto. He was born into a poor family and lost his father at the age of two. When he was twelve, he worked as a maker of silk stockings. Later, he was apprenticed to a woodcarver. His neighbor there turned out to be a student of Francesco Battaglioli. Chilone was introduced to him and accepted into his school. Economic needs and family misfortunes led him to become an assistant to Alessandro Mauro, a theater architect, and set designer. All of his work was done without credit. After Mauro's death, he tried briefly to work on his own but eventually accepted a position in Udine, collaborating with Antonio Mauro, to do the frescoes at a theater being decorated by the painter Giambattista Canal, whose eyesigh... Read full biography
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Vincenzo Chilone (10 July 1758, Venice - 12 January 1839, Venice) was an Italian painter who specialized in vedute (large scale, detailed scenes), after the style of Canaletto.
He was born into a poor family and lost his father at the age of two. When he was twelve, he worked as a maker of silk stockings. Later, he was apprenticed to a woodcarver. His neighbor there turned out to be a student of Francesco Battaglioli. Chilone was introduced to him and accepted into his school.
Economic needs and family misfortunes led him to become an assistant to Alessandro Mauro, a theater architect, and set designer. All of his work was done without credit. After Mauro's death, he tried briefly to work on his own but eventually accepted a...But wait, there's more...
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