Marcello Baschenis (

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'', where he also received his first prizes between 1864 and 1866 while studying the nude as

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's student. His professional career began in 1850 at the Exposition of the Società Promotrice di Belle Arti.Istituto Matteucci,
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. Baschenis continued to participate in the Exposition from 1851 to 1856 and from 1863 to 1878; among the works presented there were: ''La pastorella'' and ''La vedova sfortunata'' in 1851; ''Belisario'' and ''Ritratto d'uomo'' in 1852; ''La malinconia'', ''Partenza'' and ''Famiglia savoiarda'' in 1854.Pittori Liguri
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' Until the end of the 1870s, Baschenis constantly exhibited in the Northern Italian area, developing his techniques in landscape and portrait painting with religious, natural, and popular scenes, in many genres of works. Although not many works of this vast production are extant today, some of those that do include ''The Prayer of the Betrothed'' (1871, at the Gallery of Modern Art in Genoa) and ''L'arrotino ambulante'' (1875, at the Quadreria dell'Amministration) Provincial). He also created many ''

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'' paintings, some of which appear today at the

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there is an altarpiece from 1876 depicting San Giorgio and San Contardo d'Este in adoration of the Madonna del Rosario. In the Santuario di Nostra Signora Incoronata, moreover, there is a pair of canvases from 1875 dedicated to the popular legend of Pacciûgo e Pacciûga. Baschenis died in Genova on 5 December 1888. He is among the painters mentioned in the dictionary written by art critic and historian Agostino Mario Comanducci. Agostino Mario Comanducci, ''Dizionario illustrato dei pittori disegnatori e incisori italiani moderni e contemporanei'', Patuzzi editore, 1962

Gallery

File:Marcello Baschenis, La preghiera dei promessi sposi, 1871.jpg, ''The prayer of the Betrothed'', 1871. Genova, Italy, 19th century. Galleria D'Arte Moderna (Art Gallery) File:Marcello Baschenis, San Bernardo e Satana, 1885.jpg, Saint Bernard and

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painting, asking for a

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painting, about a storm in North America, 1881

References

Sources

* Giuliano Matteucci, ''Pittori & pittura dell'Ottocento italiano'',

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, 1996-1997 * Agostino Mario Comanducci, ''Pittori italiani dell'Ottocento'', C.E. Artisti d'Italia, 1934 * Agostino Mario Comanducci, ''Dizionario illustrato dei pittori disegnatori e incisori italiani moderni e contemporanei'', Patuzzi editore, 1962 * Giuseppe Costa, ''Pittori liguri dell'800 e del primo '900'', Sagep, 1994. ISBN 9788870585322 * Mario Labò, ''Mostra di pittura ligure dell'Ottocento'', Società per le Belle Arti Genova, 1926 * ''Scienza e letteratura: passioni e ispirazioni nell'arte del secondo Ottocento'', Galleria D'Arte Moderna (Art Gallery), 28 maggio 2017

External links

*Dizionario degli artisti,
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', Istituto Matteucci, 1997 {{DEFAULTSORT:Baschenis, Marcello 1829 births 1888 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Genoa Italian still life painters 19th-century Italian male artists