Odorico Politi

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Sant'Antonio in Gloria fresco at Sant'Antonio Taumaturgo in Trieste

Odorico Politi (Udine, 27 January 1785 - Venice, 18 October 1846) was an Italian painter.

Life and career[]

Odorico Politi was born in Udine, and studied in Venice at the Accademia di Belle Arti with Teodoro Matteini. In 1812 he returned to Udine and began a career as a painter of neoclassical frescoes, specializing in historical and mythological subjects. Some of these frescoes can now be seen at the Palazzo Antonini and at Napoleon's Royal Palace in Venice.[1] In 1831 he received an appointment as professor at the Accademia of Venice, where he had studied. Notable students include Pompeo Marino Molmenti, Antonio Dugoni, Fausto Antonioli and Cesare Dell'Acqua.[2]

Works[]

Politi's frescoes with religious subjects are found in the churches of Attimis, Clauzetto, , Pavia di Udine, Tarcento, Trieste, Udine, Venice and Vito d'Asio. Selected works include:

  • Portrait of Canova - 1810 - Civic Museums of Udine
  • Portrait of Count GB Bartolini - 1823
  • The model of the painter - 1838
  • Santa Filomena, Rome rescued by angels - 1838 - Cathedral of Rovigo
  • Portrait of Abbot Angelo Dalmistro - 1839
  • Self Portrait - 1840 - Civic Museums of Udine

References[]

  1. ^ Reale, I. (1990), "Gli affreschi udinesi di Odorico Politi, in Antologia di Belle Arti", Il Neoclassicismo
  2. ^ Garlatti, A. (2004), "Odorico Politi: La vita e le opere", in Bergamini, G. (ed.), Tra Venezia e Vienna le arti a Udine nell'Ottocento
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