Giuseppe Bottero
Giuseppe Bottero (1846, Asti – 1930)[1] was an Italian painter, active mainly in Turin, as a genre painter. Later in life, he became an engineer and lieutenant general.
Biography
[edit]He initially trained with Giuseppe Giani, then studied at the Accademia Albertina in Turin. From there, he moved to Rome, where he befriended Antonio Mancini.[2]
The contemporary critic, De Gubernatis, described him as having the artistic temperament and courage of a painter of the Cinquecento.[3] At the National Exhibition of Turin, he displayed Il Coltello and Sul Golgota (On Golgotha). In the Exhibition of 1886 in Milan, he displayed: Compagni di sventura. In the 1887 exhibition of Venice, he displayed Hypochondria and La Posa.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Union List of Artist Names Online at getty.edu)
- ^ Biography in Ricci Oddi Gallery.
- ^ temperamento artistico e la gagliardia di un cinquecentista , De Gubernatis.
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 69-70.
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