Carlo Bellosio (

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, 1801 –

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, 1849) was an Italian painter, active mainly in

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in a Neoclassical style.

Biography

He trained in Milan as a pupil of Pelagio Palagi. He painted for the church of San Ambrogio in Voltri (in

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); for the chapel of the church of

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in Milan; for the church of Santa Maria Segreta in Milan; an ''Assumption of Mary''; and for the temple of San Protasio, he painted a ''Baptism by John'' (both church and painting destroyed). He also painted for San Barnaba and

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. He also worked in Trezzo d'Adda,

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, and for the Sanctuary of San Prospero in Cressa in

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. He frescoed bacchantes and

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s with an Aurora in the grand room of the casa Poreti in Milan; also decorative frescoes for the casa Scotti in Ponte San Pietro, for the casa Casati in

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, for the casa dei Conti Leonardi in

, in a Medolago in casa dei conti Medolago in

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, for the casa dei conti Borromeo in Viggiù; and Pallanza (now part of

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as well as

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, For an Englishman from Devonshire, England, he painted a canvas copy, life size, of ''

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. In 1834, he painted his masterwork, an ''Episode of the Flood'' for the Royal Villa of Racconigi. Here he collaborated with his master

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and his contemporary Vitale Sala to complete a cycle of frescoes and oil paintings on various decorative and mythologic themes.

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also collaborated in the decoration of some of the rooms. He was also commissioned to fresco the Royal Villa of

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; and later for the Royal Palace in Turin, where he frescoed the ''Institution of the order of the Santissima Annunziata'' in the chapel of the Royal Castle. He returned to Bellagio, where in 1841 he painted another ''Scene of the Universal Flood'', a rich composition with many figures and episodes; after this, again for the Royal Palace of

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, he painted a fresco of ''Penelope proposes the archery challenge to the suitors'' In 1845, he travels to Russia to visit the site of the Napoleonic Battle of Berezina. He planned to paint a large composition of this event (''Il passaggio della Beresina'') which occurred during the retreat of Napoleon, and where many Italian soldiers lost their life. While he worked intensely on the 14 by 6 meter canvas for months, he died before it was finished.''La Pittura lombarda nel secolo XIX.''
Tipografia Capriolo e Massimino, 1900, page 40.

Sources

* This article was translated from the corresponding article on the Italian Wikipedia.
Carlo Bellosio
Entry, by Franca Dalmasso in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 7 (1970).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellosio, Carlo 1801 births 1849 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Milan 19th-century Italian male artists