Amos Cassiòli (10 August 1832 – 17 December 1891) was an Italian painter, of battle scenes, historical canvases and portraits. He worked in a Purismo style.

Biography

Cassioli was born in

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. After studying at the

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Academy of Fine Arts under Luigi Mussini, a stipend from Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany, enabled him and Angelo Visconti to study in

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. At the end of 1860 he established himself in

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which, although he maintained his links with Siena, became his permanent home. Regarded as an excellent portraitist, Cassioli is also noted for his large-scale history paintings which include the ''Battle of Legnano'' (1860–1870, Florence, Galleria di arte moderna,

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) and ''Il giuramento di Pontida'' (1884, Siena,

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). Between 1884 and 1886 he executed frescoes in the Sala del Risorgimento of the Palazzo Pubblico depicting the battles of San Martino and Palestro. He also painted and altarpiece for the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta in Casole d'Elsa, where he worked alongside Antonio Ridolfi. He was known also for paintings on classical subjects; many of these, following a 1991 bequest, are conserved in the Museo Cassioli of his native town Asciano. A self-portrait is found in the museum. Amos Cassioli was a mentor to his son Giuseppe Cassioli, a painter and sculptor. Other pupils were Napoleone Boni and Ada Mangilli. de Gubernatis, Angelo
''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti''
Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier. 1889. p. 275. He died in

in 1891.

References

1832 births 1891 deaths People from Asciano 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian battle painters 19th-century painters of historical subjects Painters from Siena 19th-century war artists 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub