Giacinto Diano
Giacinto Diano or Diana (28 March 1731 – 13 August 1803) was an Italian painter, active in Southern Italy in a style that mixes Rococo and Neoclassicism.
Life[edit]
Giacinto was born in Pozzuoli, and died in Naples. He trained in the studio of Francesco De Mura, whose work would influence his early compositions.[1] He worked briefly in Rome with Anton Raphael Mengs, before settling in Naples in 1752.[2] Naples was at the time experiencing a period of great artistic and cultural splendor due to the presence of the enlightened Charles III of Spain. Nicknamed o Puzzulaniello or referred to as il Pozzolano, Giacinto succeeded in gaining within a short timespan a prominent place in the art scene of his time.
Among his works were:[3]
- Frescoes for the Palazzo Francavilla (now Palazzo Cellammare)
- Frescoes for the Hospital of Santa Maria della Pace
- Frescoes for church of the Pellegrini
- Two canvases for the church of Agostino della Zecca
He became professor at Naples' Accademia del Disegno in 1773 but continued to achieve a prolific output.[4] Gaetano Gigante was one of his pupils.
Work[edit]
Giacinto Diano painted in a light, colourful and dramatic style.[5] His works included paintings in a chapel in San Pietro ad Aram, and in the church of the Nunziata.
Sources[edit]
- ^ Art and architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, by Rudolf Wittkower, Joseph Connors, and Jennifer Montagu, Page 118
- ^ Le belle arti, Volumes 1-2, By Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, Tipografia del Giornale Enciclopedico, Strada del Salvadore a Sant'Angelo a Nilo #48, Naples (1820); page 192
- ^ Vicende della coltura nelle due Sicilie, by Pietro Napoli-Signorelli. Volume II, 2nd edition, Naples (1811); page 253.
- ^ Alexander Kader. "Diana, Giacinto." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 16 Mar. 2016.
- ^ Giacinto Diana (1730–1803), The Reception of Saint John of God into Heaven at Compton Verney
External links[edit]
- 2 artworks by or after Giacinto Diano at the Art UK site
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