Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo ( Italian: Giovan Battista Ruoppolo , 1629 , Naples - 1693 ) - Italian painter of the 17th century, representative of the Neapolitan school of painting. He painted still lifes .
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 Still Life J.B. Ruoppolo Fruits and a Bird in a Landscape, Boston. | |
| Birth name | Giovan Battista Ruoppolo |
| Date of Birth | 1629 |
| Place of Birth | Naples |
| Date of death | 1693 |
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| Citizenship |  Italy |
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Little known biography
About the artist remained too little evidence. Until recently, the exact years of his life were not known. According to updated data, this is 1629-1693.
A student of the Neapolitan artist Paolo Porpora . The artistic style of Ruoppolo evolved on the study of works by Porpori, Giovanni Recco, Cherkvozzi. Unlike Recco, who painted fish, hunter trophies, flowers and vegetables, Ruoppolo preferred to depict flowers, vegetables next to animals or shells. His still lifes are distinguished by a bright color that enhances strong side lighting. After all, Caravaggism had a strong influence on the artistic style of the masters of Naples. In addition, Caravaggio himself worked for some time in Naples.
It is known that he had a student - Giuseppe Ruoppolo.
Ruoppolo's paintings spread throughout the world from Italy to Ukraine and Russia . The low prestige of the still life as a painting genre was reflected in the memory of the masters. They were forgotten, despite the high artistic quality of the paintings.
Art Gallery
Ruoppolo together with the artist Solimena. Ruoppolo - still life, Solimena - female figures. 1650.
Ruoppolo "Still life with fish and sea shell"
Ruoppolo "Still life with a wooden tseberka in the landscape."
World countries where Ruoppolo still lifes are kept
- UK, Oxford , Ashmal Museum
- Italy, Uffizi Gallery , Florence, Rome, National Museum
- Germany, Hamburg , Kunsthalle and Dresden .
- Poland, Warsaw
- Russia, Hermitage , Petersburg
- Ukraine, Kiev
- USA, Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York , Boston , Art Museum.
Sources
- Rudolf Wittkower, "Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750", "Pelican History of Art" (Penguin Books Ltd), pp 361-2, 1980 .
- Achille della Ragione, La natura morta napoletana dei Recco e dei Ruoppolo, Napoli, 2009.
- “Matrwa natura. Historia, arcydzieła, interpretacje, Warsaw: Arkady, 2000. ISBN 83-213-4194-2 .
See also
- Italian art
- Still life
- Vanitas