Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728–1781) was an Italian painter of the late-

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, mainly active in and near

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Biography

He was born in San Matteo della Decima and enrolled by the age of 17 at the

Clementine Academy The Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ("academy of fine arts of Bologna") is a public tertiary academy of fine art in Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. It has a campus in Cesena. Giorgio Morandi taught engraving at the Accademia ...

, where he apprenticed with Ercole Graziani the Younger,

Felice Torelli Felice Torelli (9 September 1667 – 11 June 1748) was an Italian painter of the Baroque style, active mainly in Bologna. Biography He was born to a family of artists in Verona, including his brother, Giuseppe Torelli, a noted violinist and ...

, and

Ercole Lelli Ercole Lelli (14 September 1702 – 7 March 1766) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque, active mainly in Northern Italy, including his native city of Bologna, as well as Padua and Piacenza. Lelli was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Pietro ...

. He was from a large family of prolific artists, including his sons Giovanni Battista and Ubaldo Lorenzo, as well as his brother

Gaetano Gaetano (anglicized ''Cajetan'') is an Italian masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. It is derived from the Latin ''Caietanus'', meaning "from ''Caieta''" (the modern Gaeta). The given name has been in use in Italy since medieval pe ...

and nephews Mauro, Democrito (who became a pupil of

Antonio Canova Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,. his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the cl ...

), and niece Clementina. Together, they are considered among the last representatives of the grand manner of painting characteristic of the Bolognese school, that had risen to prominence nearly two centuries earlier with the

Carracci The Carracci were a family of Italian artists. Notable members include: * Agostino Carracci (1557–1602), Italian painter and printmaker * Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), Italian Baroque painter and brother of Agostino Carracci * Ludovico Carracc ...

. Gandolfi's work ranges from

to Neoclassic styles, and specifically recalls the style of

Ludovico Carracci Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci (21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light th ...

. He completed, in 1770–75, a series of canvases on mythological narratives for the Palazzo Marescalchi in Bologna (two are now in Museum of North Carolin

. A series of seven saints painted by Gandolfi is on display at the Palazzo Rossi Poggi Marsili, Quadreria of the Palazzo Rossi Poggi Marsili in Bologna. He died in

Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...

in 1781. Among his pupils was Giuseppe Grimanti, Giovanni Lipparini (il Rosolino),Annali della città di Bologna dalle sua origine
1796, Volume 8, page 740. and Nicola Levoli.

References

* Cazort, Mimi, ''Bella Pittura: The Art of the Gandolfi'', Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, 1993., * Cazort, Mimi, The Art of Embellishment: Drawings and Paintings by Gaetano and Mauro Gandolfi for a Festive Carriage, in ''Record of The Art Museum, Princeton University'', Volume 52, Number 2, 1993. * Rosasco, Betsy, Drawings by the Gandolfi Family and Their Followers in The Art Museum: A Checklist, in ''Record of The Art Museum, Princeton University'', Volume 52, Number 2, 1993. * Vicenza, Neri Pozza, ''I Gandolfi: Ubaldo, Gaetano, Mauro, disegni e dipinti'', Neri Pozza Editore, 1987.

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Exhibition of Gaetano and Ubaldo Gandolfi's work in 2002.

Gallery

Ubaldo Gandolfi Sleeping Legionary.jpg Ubaldo Gandolfi Visitación 1767 col par.jpg Selene and Endymion by Ubaldo Gandolfi.jpg Ubaldo Gandolfi - Portrait of a Young Boy - WGA08461.jpg Ubaldo Gandolfi Retrato de mujer joven 1775-78 Ashmolean.jpg

Biography

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