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1527 Moneglia, Italy - 1585 Madrid, Spain. Known for: Mannerist style Christian religious and mythology figure painting.
Moneglia, Liguria, 1527 - El Escorial, Madrid, 1585. Luca Cambiaso was the most celebrated painter of Mannerism* of the Genoese school, and was the inventor of many large-scale fresco* decorations in... Read full biography
Moneglia, Liguria, 1527 - El Escorial, Madrid, 1585. Luca Cambiaso was the most celebrated painter of Mannerism* of the Genoese school, and was the inventor of many large-scale fresco* decorations in both palaces and churches in the city. As a draftsman, he is celebrated for having invented a style... Read full biography
Moneglia, Liguria, 1527 - El Escorial, Madrid, 1585. Luca Cambiaso was the most celebrated painter of Mannerism* of the Genoese school, and was the inventor of many large-scale fresco* decorations in both palaces and churches in the city. As a draftsman, he is celebrated for having invented a style of figure drawing in which form is simplified into geometric, often cubic, components. Trained by his father, the mediocre painter Giovanni Cambiaso (1495-1579), from 1544, when he was only seventeen... Read full biography
Moneglia, Liguria, 1527 - El Escorial, Madrid, 1585. Luca Cambiaso was the most celebrated painter of Mannerism* of the Genoese school, and was the inventor of many large-scale fresco* decorations in both palaces and churches in the city. As a draftsman, he is celebrated for having invented a style of figure drawing in which form is simplified into geometric, often cubic, components. Trained by his father, the mediocre painter Giovanni Cambiaso (1495-1579), from 1544, when he was only seventeen years old, Luca collaborated with him on the decoration of the palace of Antonio Doria. It seems likely that Luca visited Rome in 1547-1550, where his encounter with the work of Michelangelo was to have a decisive impact on his development, perhaps... Read full biography
Moneglia, Liguria, 1527 - El Escorial, Madrid, 1585. Luca Cambiaso was the most celebrated painter of Mannerism* of the Genoese school, and was the inventor of many large-scale fresco* decorations in both palaces and churches in the city. As a draftsman, he is celebrated for having invented a style of figure drawing in which form is simplified into geometric, often cubic, components. Trained by his father, the mediocre painter Giovanni Cambiaso (1495-1579), from 1544, when he was only seventeen years old, Luca collaborated with him on the decoration of the palace of Antonio Doria. It seems likely that Luca visited Rome in 1547-1550, where his encounter with the work of Michelangelo was to have a decisive impact on his development, perhaps accounting for his early preference for boldly conceived compositions, with figures seen in emphatic foreshortening and exaggerated gestu... Read full biography
Luca Cambiaso - Artist Info
About Luca Cambiaso: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (2)
All MuseumsMuseo del Prado
Calle Ruiz de Alarcón 23
Madrid, Spain