Bartolomeo Giuliano (15 August 1825,

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— 12 April 1909,

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) was an Italian painter; primarily of portraits and

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scenes.

Biography

His father was a wealthy doctor and he had a comfortable childhood. In 1832, when he was seven, his family moved to Turin. After completing his basic education, he attended the

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, where he studied drawing with

Giovanni Battista Biscarra Giovanni Battista Biscarra or Jean-Baptiste Biscarra (February 22, 1790 – April 13, 1851) was an Italian painter, sculptor and lithographer. He principally painted historical and religious subjects and royal portraits.Carlo Arienti.Giovanni Reduzzi, ''ABC. Rivista d'arte. Artisti dell'ottocento'', 1934, pp.11-13 Upon graduating, in 1845, he worked in the studios of his friend and colleague, Giovanni Battista Arnaud. The following year, he began presenting his works at the "Society for Promotion of the Fine Arts". In 1857, after several years of traveling between

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and

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, he was called to the Accademia in Turin, where he became an assistant professor of figure drawing to

Enrico Gamba Enrico Gamba (3 June 1831, in Turin – 19 October 1883, in Turin) was an Italian painter of Genre art, genre scenes, period pieces and a few portraits. Biography His father worked for the Royal Accounting Office. He was the younger brothe ...

. After 1860, he held the same position at the

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, then at the

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, where he assisted

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. During this time, he married Federica Gervasoni (1838-1915), an artist from

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. He took part in the in

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(1861), and was a regular participant at exhibitions in Turin and Milan, with works on religious subjects, landscapes and genre scenes. He was heavily influenced by the

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movement and the works of the French artist,

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. In 1866, he created allegorical

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es in the

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s of the dome at the

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in Milan. These were later replaced with

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s. After he gave up teaching, he lived in the

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on the

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. He displayed scenes from that area, in Paris, at the Exposition Universelle of 1878. Two of his largest exhibitions were at the Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte in Venice (1895 and 1897). He also took part in the Esposizione Nazionale held in Milan in 1906. He died in Milan, aged eighty-three. Bronze sculptures of him, by

Giulio Branca Giulio Branca (December 15, 1851 – February 28, 1926) was an Italian sculptor, active mainly in Milan. He was born in Cannobio, a Piedmont town on Lago Maggiore. As a boy, he showed inclination to become an artist. His father Lodovico wanted hi ...

, may be seen at the Accademia Brera and in the

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.''The good heart. Weekly newspaper for families'', 1909, pp.124

Selected paintings

File:Giuliano-Guitar.jpg, Man with a Guitar and a Dog File:River fisherwoman (unknown date), by Bartolomeo Giuliano.jpg, Fisherwoman at the River File:Giuliano-Return.jpg, The Return Home File:Giuliano - La Mignon.jpg, The Mignon File:Giuliano-Temptation.jpg, Temptation

References

External links

Biography of Giuliano
by Francesca Paola Rusconi, from the ''

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'' @

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Brief biography
@ Arte Piemonte
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@ ArtNet {{DEFAULTSORT:Giuliano, Bartolomeo Painters from Turin 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian male artists Accademia Albertina alumni 1825 births 1909 deaths 19th-century Italian male artists