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1791 Venice, Italy - 1882 Milan, Italy. Known for: Romantic painting of mythology, religion, literature and history, nude figures.
Francesco Hayez (Italian: [fran't?esko 'a?jets]; 10 February 1791 – 21 December 1882) was an Italian painter, the leading artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, renowned for his grand... Read full biography
Francesco Hayez (Italian: [fran't?esko 'a?jets]; 10 February 1791 – 21 December 1882) was an Italian painter, the leading artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and exceptionally fine portraits. Hayez came from a... Read full biography
Francesco Hayez (Italian: [fran't?esko 'a?jets]; 10 February 1791 – 21 December 1882) was an Italian painter, the leading artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and exceptionally fine portraits. Hayez came from a relatively poor family from Venice. His father, Giovanni, was of French origin while his mother, Chiara Torcella, was from Murano. The child Francesco, youngest of five sons, was brought up by his mother's... Read full biography
Francesco Hayez (Italian: [fran't?esko 'a?jets]; 10 February 1791 – 21 December 1882) was an Italian painter, the leading artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and exceptionally fine portraits. Hayez came from a relatively poor family from Venice. His father, Giovanni, was of French origin while his mother, Chiara Torcella, was from Murano. The child Francesco, youngest of five sons, was brought up by his mother's sister, who had married Giovanni Binasco, a well-off shipowner and collector of art. From childhood he showed a predisposition for drawing, so his uncle apprenticed him to an art restorer. Later he became a student of the painter Francesco Maggiotto... Read full biography
Francesco Hayez (Italian: [fran't?esko 'a?jets]; 10 February 1791 – 21 December 1882) was an Italian painter, the leading artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and exceptionally fine portraits. Hayez came from a relatively poor family from Venice. His father, Giovanni, was of French origin while his mother, Chiara Torcella, was from Murano. The child Francesco, youngest of five sons, was brought up by his mother's sister, who had married Giovanni Binasco, a well-off shipowner and collector of art. From childhood he showed a predisposition for drawing, so his uncle apprenticed him to an art restorer. Later he became a student of the painter Francesco Maggiotto with whom he continued his studies for three years. He was admitted to the painting course of the New Academy of Fine Arts in 1806, where he... Read full biography
Francesco Hayez - Artist Info
About Francesco Hayez: Keywords
Keywords (15)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Madonna, The Virgin Mary
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Romanticism, Idealism, Nostalgia
Art School
- •Venice Academy of Fine Arts, (Accademia di Belle Arti) Student
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Professional Museum and Art/ or Art Gallerist
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Italian