Paolo Gerolamo Brusco or Girolamo Brusco (8 June 1742 – 30 March 1820) was a prolific Italian painter active in Liguria. He was also nicknamed Bruschetto.

Biography

Born in Savona, his father and one of his brothers were employed in painting local maiolica.[1] Another brother, Giacomo, was a civil engineer.[2] As a young man, he traveled to Rome and was influenced by the Neoclassic style of Anton Raphael Mengs, and may have trained with Pompeo Batoni[3][4]

Works

  • St Vincent of Paoli in the first chapel to right of the Church of Sant'Andrea Apostolo (Savona).
  • Stuccowork and frescoes for the Church of San Pietro (Savona).
  • Mysteries of the Rosary: Canvases for the Church of San Bernardo of Italy.
  • Frescoes in the presbytery for the Church of San Lorenzo of Cairo Montenotte.
  • Fresco (1810) of St. Martin for the Church of San Martino of Italy.
  • Frescoes for the Church of Santissima Trinità in Sassello.
  • Frescoes for the Church of San Michele in Celle Ligure.
  • Canvases and frescoes for the Church of San Nicolò in Albisola Superiore.
  • Canvases for the Church of San Giovanni Battista of Savona.
  • Frescoes for the Sanctuary of Nostra Signora delle Grazie al Molo in Genoa.
  • Madonna di Misericordia for the Oratory of Nostra Signora di Castello in Savona.

Sources

  1. ^ Notizie dei professori di disegno in Liguria, Volume 1, by Federigo Alizeri (Genoa, 1865); page 263-264.
  2. ^ Alizeri, page 275.
  3. ^ Biblioteca italiana ossia giornale di letteratura, scienze ed arti, Volume 21, obituary, page 445.
  4. ^ Notizie dei professori del disegno in Liguria dalla fondazione dell' Accademia, Volume 1. (1865), by Federigo Alizeri, Publisher Luigi Sambolini, Genoa, pages 264-268.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Girolamo_Brusco
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