Francesco Hayez

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Francesco Hayez

Francesco Hayez (February 10, 1791 - December 21, 1882) was an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
painter, the leading artist of Romanticism

Romanticism

Romanticism is a complex artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength during the Industrial Revolution....
in mid-19th-century Milan

Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
, renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories and exceptionally fine portraits.

z came from a relatively poor family from Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
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Francesco Hayez (February 10, 1791 - December 21, 1882) was an Italian

Italy

Romanticism

Milan

Biography

Hayez came from a relatively poor family from Venice

Venice

Murano

Murano is usually described as an island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it is actually an archipelago of islands linked by bridges....
. The child Francesco, youngest of five sons, was brought up by his mother's sister, who had married Giovanni Binasco, a well-off shipowner and collector of art. From childhood he showed a predisposition for drawing, so his uncle apprenticed him to an art restorer. Later he became a student of the painter Francisco Magiotto with whom he continued his studies for three years. He was admitted to the painting course of the New Academy of Fine Arts in 1806, where he studied under Teodoro Matteini. In 1809 he won a competition from the Academy of Venice

Accademia

The Accademia is best known now as a museum gallery of pre-1800s art in Venice, Italy. Situated on the south bank of the Grand Canal of Venice, it gives its name to one of the three bridges across the canal, the Ponte dell'Accademia, and to the boat landing station for the Water taxi water bus....
for one year of study at the Accademia di San Luca

Accademia di San Luca

The Accademia di San Luca, was an association of artists in Rome, founded in 1593 with the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of "artists" above that of craftsman....
in Rome. He remained in Rome until 1814, then moved to Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....
where he was commissioned by Joachim Murat

Joachim Murat

Joachim-Napol?on Murat , Prince Murat, Grand Duke of Berg and Duchy of Cleves, Marshal of France, was King of the Two Sicilies from 1808 to 1815....
to paint a major work depicting Ulysses
Odysseus

Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
at the court of Alcinous
Alcinous

Alcinous or Alk?no?s was in Greek mythology a son of Nausithous, or of Phaeax , and father of Nausicaa, Halius, and Laodamas with Arete ....
. In the mid 1830s he attended the "Salotto Maffei" salon

Salon (gathering)

A salon is a gathering of stimulating people of quality under the roof of an inspiring hostess or host, partly to amuse one another and partly to refine their taste and increase their knowledge through conversation and readings, often consciously following Horace definition of the aims of poetry, "either to please or to educate" ....
in Milan

Milan

Clara Maffei

Elena Clara Antonia Carrara Spinelli was an Italian woman of letters and backer of the Risorgimento, usually known by her married name of countess Clara Maffei or Chiarina Maffei....
(whose portrait Hayez painted for her husband), and he was still in Milan in 1850 when he was appointed director of the Academy of Brera there.

Assessment of the career of Hayez is complicated by the fact that he often did not sign or date his works. Often the date indicated from the evidence is that at which the work was acquired or sold, not of its creation. Moreover he often painted the same compositions several times with minimal variations, or even with no variation. His early works show the influence of Ingres and the Nazarene movement

Nazarene movement

The name Nazarene was adopted by a group of early 19th century Germany Romanticism Paintings who aimed to revive honesty and spirituality in Christian art....
. His later work participates in the Classical revival.

Selected works

Notable works include:

Petro Rosso Imprisoned by the Scaligeri (c. 1820)
A series on the Sicilian Vespers
Sicilian Vespers

The Sicilian Vespers is the name given to a rebellion in Sicily in 1282 against the rule of the Angevin king Charles I of Naples, who had taken control of the island with Papacy support in 1266....
(1821-1846)
Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem (c. 1867)
Portrait of Marin Faliero (1867)
Vase of flowers on the window of a harem (c. 1881)
The Kiss
The Kiss (Hayez painting)

The Kiss is an 1859 painting by Italy artist Francesco Hayez. It is certainly his best known work. This painting conveys the main features, although slightly na?vely expressed, of Italian Romanticism....
(1859) - Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Gallery

External links

The Risorgimento in Italian Art