Italian, 19th – 20th century, male.
Painter, art restorer. Frescoes.
In 1860, while working on the Chapel of Castel-Capuano, Abate discovered and restored the frescoes so admired today in the great hall of the Court of Appeal in Naples.
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Abate, Giuseppe
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Adam, Nicolas-Sébastien
French, 18th century, male.
Born 22 March 1705, in Nancy; died 27 March 1778, in Paris.
Sculptor, art restorer, decorative designer.
The second son of Jacob-Sigisbert Adam, Nicolas-Sébastien Adam left Nancy at the age of 16 and went to continue his studies in Paris. He made rapid progress and became widely known. The treasurer general of Languedoc summoned him to the Château de La Mosson, near Montpellier, and commissioned him to embellish his château with sculptures. He remained there for four years and in ...
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Adam, Pierre Michel
French, 19th century, male.
Born 29 May 1799, in Paris.
Engraver (burin).
A pupil of Guérin and Oortman and a prominent engraver during the Restoration and the reign of Louis-Philippe, Pierre Michel Adam taught engraving at the Institut Royal des Sourds-Muets (Royal Institute for the Deaf). Among his prolific output, perhaps the best-known works are portraits engraved between ...
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Albacini, Carlo
Italian, 18th – 19th century, male.
Active in Rome.
Sculptor. Monuments.
Taught at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and was responsible chiefly for the restoration of ancient monuments and sculptures. He was known still to be alive in 1807. In 1780 he was commissioned by Catherine the Great of Russia to sculpt the tomb of Raffael Mengs in St Peter's, Rome....
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Albert
French, 18th century, male.
Active in Paris.
Sculptor.
Albert played an important part in the work carried out for the Prince de Condé between 1768 and 1774 on the Hôtel de Lassay and the Palais-Bourbon, especially the restoration of the ten groups of children placed along the balustrade of the palace roof....
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Alexii, Andreas
Italian, 15th – 16th century, male.
Born in Durazzo in Albania; died 1504, in Spalato.
Sculptor, architect.
Andreas Alexii was the son of slaves and spent his whole life in Dalmatia, mainly in Spalato. He worked principally on the restoration and repair of chapels. Among his works are the chapel of St Catherine in the church of St Dominic in Spalato, the chapel of St Jerome and St Nicholas in the church of St John the Baptist (no longer in existence) in the town of Arbe on the island of the same name, and the Gothic baptismal chapel in the church in Arbe. In ...
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Alich, Heinrich von
German, 14th century, male.
Painter.
Heinrich von Alich belonged to a third order and later entered the convent of St Peter in Erfurt. He painted the chapel of Corporis Christi in the convent's church in 1302, during restorations to the building.
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Allard, René
French, 20th century, male.
Born 1878, in Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe.
Painter, draughtsman. Landscapes. Designs for stained glass.
René Allard studied at a painter's workshop in Angers, where he specialised in the restoration of stained glass windows. He lived and worked in Chartres (a renowned centre for stained glass window making) for many years, and was then appointed a teacher of glass painting in Paris at the Hôtel Salé, today the Picasso Museum. He exhibited his work in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français ...
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Allegro, Agostino
Italian, 19th century, male.
Born 1820; died 1889.
Sculptor (wood).
Agostino Allegro's best works include his restoration of the stalls at the cathedral of Genoa and a wardrobe at the Royal Castle of Turin.
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Amari, Claudia
Italian, 20th – 21st century, female.
Born 24 March 1955, in Millesimo (Savona).
Sculptor (marble/bronze), draughtswoman, pastellist, art restorer. Mythological figures. Statues, groups, low reliefs.
Claudia Amari entered the Accademia di Brera in Milan in 1974, and also trained in the marble-working studios of Sem Ghelardini, Palla and Grossi in Pietrasanta and Carrara. Then in ...
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Ammannati, Giovanni
Italian, 14th century, male.
Died 1340, in Orvieto.
Draughtsman, sculptor (wood).
In 1305, Giovanni Ammannati was employed on the restoration of the bell-tower of the town hall in Siena. In 1329 he designed the stalls of Orvieto Cathedral, later supervising their execution. He is documented as living in Siena in ...
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Ammon, Hans
German, 17th century, male.
Active in Nuremberg.
Painter, engraver.
A pupil of Martin Beheim, Hans Ammon helped in the restoration of Nuremberg town hall. In 1778, a signed painting dated 1616 was at the town hall. It disappeared around this time, but is thought to be identical with a painting in the collection of Mme Leroy in Baden Baden bearing the same signature and dates....
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Anderhalden, P. Karl
Swiss, 19th century, male.
Born 12 April 1842, in Sachseln.
Draughtsman, calligrapher, architect.
Anderhalden supervised various restoration works in Sarnen and the construction of the church of Rickenbach.
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Anders, Friedrich
Italian, 18th century, male.
Painter, art restorer.
In a letter addressed to the Duke of Hamilton, the landscape painter P. Hackert sings the praises of Friedrich Anders as a painting restorer. Anders is known to have been retained by the King of Naples around 1797...
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Andréa
French, 20th – 21st century, female.
Born 1958.
Painter, art restorer.
Andréa trained as a copyist and conservator of paintings from 1974 to 1978, while continuing to work on her own art. She has a Master's degree in Chinese arts and letters, and is pursuing further study in this area at the fine arts academies in Beijing and Shanghai....
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Andrea di Paolo
Italian, 14th century, male.
Active in Gubbio (Umbria).
Sculptor.
Andrea di Paolo is mentioned with regard to payment for the restoration of a wall in the Palazzo del Podestà in 1383.
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Andrea, Cajus d'
Austrian, 19th century, male.
Born 5 January 1849, in Innsbruck.
Painter, watercolourist, art restorer. Religious subjects, portraits. Church decoration.
Resident in Bozen, South Tyrol (now Bolzano, Italy), Cajus d'Andrea did his artistic training under Professor Ludwig Seitz in Rome, and also worked in Florence. He visited several cities in Italy during his study tours, notably Venice, Milan, Siena, Verona and Assisi. Eventually he became a Franciscan monk....
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Angelini, Bernadino
Italian, 17th century, male.
Painter.
Father of mentor of Scipione Angelini; mentioned around 1660 as being involved in the restoration of a fresco in Perugia Cathedral.
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Ansa, Luis
Argentinian, 20th century, male.
Active in France.
Watercolourist.
Ansa is a teacher of graphic arts and colour theory at the French Institute for the Restoration of Art. In the book The Eagle's Secret (Albin-Michel, 2000), Henri Gougaud describes the turbulent career of Luis Ansa, the 'painter-shaman'. He teaches oriental lacquering, wash procedures and painting in Paris. The Adac gallery and studio held a solo exhibition of his works in Paris in ...
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Anselmo, Giosuè
Italian, 15th century, male.
Painter.
Giosuè Anselmo worked in Naples in 1470 on the restoration of a panel in several sections for Castelnuovo.
