Marcello Baschenis

Marcello Baschenis (1829 – 1888 ) was an Italian painter.

Biography Early life Marcello Baschenis was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1829, during a significant period of artistic ferment for the city. A longtime student at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, he was awarded several times between 1864 and 1866, particularly for his specializations in artistic nude studies under Giuseppe Isola, with whom he studied. debuting at the age of twenty-one with a drawing of John the Baptist. He continued to regularly participate in exhibitions from 1851 to 1856 and from 1863 to 1878.

Until the late 1870s, Baschenis constantly exhibited in the Northern Italian area, focusing particularly on landscape painting and portrait painting, with popular, natural, and religious scenes, ), depicting two young women portraying characters from the opera by Petrella and Ghislanzoni, and The Traveling Knife Grinder (1875, housed at the Gallery of the Provincial Administration of Genoa). At the Church of Sant'Andrea in Foggia, Rapallo, there is an 1876 altarpiece depicting Saint George and Saint Contardo d'Este in Adoration of the Madonna of the Rosary. Additionally, at the Santuario di Nostra Signora Incoronata, there is a pair of 1875 paintings dedicated to the popular legend of Pacciûgo and Pacciûga. Other works are on display in Santa Margherita Ligure, Bogliasco, and Pieve di Teco.

Later years and death He died in Genoa on December 5, 1888, at the age of fifty-nine.

In 1938, as part of the celebrations of the Grandi Liguri, he was among the artists featured in the exhibition on the figures who shaped Ligurian painting during the 19th century, held at Palazzo Rosso under the supervision of Orlando Grosso.

He is among the painters mentioned in the dictionary written by art critic and historian Agostino Mario Comanducci.

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