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Before I begin to explore the biographical history of this artist, I would like to say a few things about artists in general. It has been such an inspiration reading and writing about the careers and lifestyles of these talented people. The thought of being able to express oneself through art by picking up a brush or some other tool amazes me. I try to create, but my work does not begin to touch what these masters are capable of doing. It fills me with something so difficult to explain, which is probably why I chose to research and write about them. Okay, now on to the important part of this article:
Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Tiepolo, born in Venice March 5, 1696, could have been defined as "The Venetian Painter" or "Celebr Pittor." His artistic style centered on the admiration of Titian, Piazetta, Ricci, and Veronese. Though his career was primarily painting frescoes or oils of religious, historical and mythological subjects, his etching received a much better response. He first studies with Gregorio Lazzarini and possibly Piazetta, but his strongest influence came from the sixteenth century Venetian artist Paolo Veronese's work. He received his first major commission at age nineteen and as early as 1716 Tiepolo practiced fresco on the terafirma and in 1721 he married Cecelia, sister of painter Guardi. For the next ten years he spent time painting and doing frescoes in palaces and villas in and around Milan, Bergamo. There was also a three-year time period (1750 to 1753) when he did frescoes in Milan. His sons, Giovanni Domenico and Lorenzo, assisted him when King Charles III commissioned him to do frescoes in the royal palace at Madrid. Critics judged his work as "artificial" and "frivolous." During his career he and his family moved on several occasions to bigger and better residencies each time. I imagine it must have been quite a challenge to move his wife, her sister and nine children so many times! Go To Page: 1 2
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