The Accademia Carrara, (), officially Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo, is an

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and an

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Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

, in

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

in northern Italy. The art gallery was established in about 1780 by , a Bergamasco collector or ' of the arts. The

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was added to it in 1794. The school was recognised by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education, in 1988.

History

The art gallery was established in the early 1780s by , a Bergamasco collector or ' of the arts; by 1785 it was open to some visitors. An

was added to it in 1793 or 1794, initially under the direction of the Milanese painter

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. Carrara made his

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in 1795, leaving his entire estate to the gallery and art school he had founded; these were to be managed by a five-member commission, of which the first five were chosen by him. He died the next year. In 1810, a new building in the neoclassical style was constructed, the project being undertaken by the architect

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, a pupil of

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. In 1958 the

Comune di Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Com ...

took over the management of the gallery and school. In 1988 the school was recognised by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education, and came under the administration of that ministry. Bellini, Giovanni - Madonna di Alzano - Accademia Carrara

Bellini, Giovanni - Madonna di Alzano - Accademia Carrara

Directors-general

The directors-general at the Accademia Carrara have been, in chronological order,

Giuseppe Diotti Giuseppe Diotti (1 March 1779 – 30 January 1846) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic style. Biography He was born in Casalmaggiore. His full name was Francesco Giuseppe Antonio Diotti. He initially was apprenticed in his hometown to Paol ...

, Enrico Scuri,

Cesare Tallone Cesare Tallone (1853–1919) was an Italian painter. Biography Born in Savona and after losing his father at the age of ten, Cesare Tallone moved with his mother and sisters to Alessandria, where he became a pupil of the decorative artist Piet ...

Ponziano Loverini Ponziano Loverini (July 6, 1845 – August 21, 1929) was an Italian painter, known primarily for his canvases and frescoes of sacred subjects. Biography Born in Gandino to a humble but pious tailor, Ponziano was helped by his uncle to enroll (18 ...

, Luigi Brignoli, Achille Funi,

Trento Longaretti Trento Longaretti (27 September 1916 – 7 June 2017) was an Italian painter. He studied at the Brera Academy in the 1930s, where he was taught by renowned artists, including painters Aldo Carpi and Pompeo Borra, and sculptors Francesco Messin ...

, Pierluigi De Vecchi, Mario Cresci and Maria Grazia Recanati.

References

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History

Directors-general

See also

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