Bartolomeo Altomonte
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Bartolomeo Altomonte, also known as Bartholomäus Hohenberg (24 February 1694, in Warsaw – 11 November 1783, in Sankt Florian), was an Austrian baroque painter who specialized in large scale frescoes. He was the son of Martino Altomonte, also a painter.
Altomonte was born in Warsaw, where his father, Martino Altomonte, had been appointed to the court of Jan Sobieskis.[1] He was the third of six children. Altomonte spent most of his life in Linz and worked primarily in Austrian monasteries such as St. Florian's Priory and Admont Abbey[citation needed]. He learned from assisting his father at painting, but also from an apprenticeship with Daniel Gran. Tendencies towards the rococo remained foreign to the artist all his life; he is considered one of the last great painters in the manner of the baroque allegory.[citation needed]
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This article is a translation of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia as of 27 February 2009
- ^ Rudolf Lehr (2004) – Landeschronik Oberösterreich, Vienna: Verlag Christian Brandstätter P.171 Article: „Entdeckungen um Bartolomeo Altomonte“ (In German)
Bibliography[]
- Weiß (1875), "Altomonte", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 1, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 372
- Heinzl, Brigitte. "Altomonte." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed February 3, 2012; subscription required).
External links[]
Media related to Bartolomeo Altomonte at Wikimedia Commons
- Entry for Bartolomeo Altomonte on the Union List of Artist Names
- Baroque painters
- 1694 births
- 1783 deaths
- Artists from Warsaw
- 18th-century Austrian painters
- Austrian male painters
- Painter stubs