Odorico Politi (Udine, 27 January 1785 - Venice, 18 October 1846) was an Italian painter.

Life and career

Odorico Politi was born in

Udine Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...

, and studied in

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at the

Accademia di Belle Arti 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 offic ...

with Teodoro Matteini. In 1812 he returned to Udine and began a career as a painter of neoclassical frescoes, specializing in historical and mythological subjects. Some of these frescoes can now be seen at the Palazzo Antonini and at Napoleon's Royal Palace in Venice. In 1831 he received an appointment as professor at the Accademia of Venice, where he had studied. Notable students include Pompeo Marino Molmenti,

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, Fausto Antonioli and

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Works

Politi's frescoes with religious subjects are found in the churches of

Attimis Attimis ( fur, Atimis, german: Attems, sl, Ahten) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northeast of Udine. Attimis borders the fol ...

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, Felettano, Pavia di Udine,

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, Trieste, Udine, Venice and

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. Selected works include: *Portrait of Canova - 1810 - Civic Museums of Udine *Portrait of Count GB Bartolini - 1823 *The model of the painter - 1838 *Santa Filomena, Rome rescued by angels - 1838 - Cathedral of Rovigo *Portrait of Abbot Angelo Dalmistro - 1839 *Self Portrait - 1840 - Civic Museums of Udine

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Politi, Odorico 1785 births 1846 deaths People from Udine 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Venice Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia alumni Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia faculty Italian neoclassical painters 19th-century Italian male artists