The Accademia Carrara, (), officially Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo, is an
art gallery
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and an
academy
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of
fine arts
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in
Bergamo
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, in
Lombardy
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in northern Italy. The art gallery was established in about 1780 by , a Bergamasco collector or ' of the arts. The
academy of fine arts
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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
academy of fine arts
The following is a list of notable art schools.
Accredited non-profit art and design colleges
* Adelaide Central School of Art
* Alberta College of Art and Design
* Art Academy of Cincinnati
* Art Center College of Design
* The Art Institute o ...
was added to it in 1793 or 1794, initially under the direction of the Milanese painter
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.
Carrara made his
will
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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
Simone Elia
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, a pupil of
Leopoldo Pollack
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Career
In Vienna, Pollack was trained by Paul Ulrich Trientl be ...
.
In 1958 the
Comune di Bergamo
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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.
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.
See also
*
Catalogue of the Pinacoteca of the Accademia Carrara
*
List of academies of fine art in Italy
This is a list of the tertiary-level schools or academies of fine art in Italy that are recognised by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of higher education.
Accademie di Belle Arti
The offi ...
*https://www.lacarrara.it/visita/servizi/app
References
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Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo,
Art schools in Italy
Art museums and galleries in Lombardy
Museums in Bergamo
1793 establishments in Italy
Art museums established in 1793