Artists

Paolo Uccello

Country:
Italy
Birth year:
1397
Death year:
1475

Paolo Uccello (c. 1397 Pratovecchio near Arezzo 1475 Florence) trained from 1407-1412 in the atelier of Lorenzo Ghiberti (c. 1380-1459) in Florence. As his assistant, Uccello was involved in the creation of the great scuptured and gilded bronze doors of the Baptister of the Duomo in Florence, in 1415 he was accepted in to the guild of Medici e Speziali, He is known to have been in Venice from 1425-1431, working with other artists on the mosaics in San Marco. Afterward he settled in Florence, where he painted two large frescoes with scenes from Genesis in the cloister of Santa Maria Novella. Under the influence of Masaccio and Donatello, Uccello became the greatest master of perspective of his generation, and he is one of the most important fore runners of the Florentine Ranaissance. His major works include The Flood, 1446, fresco, Chiostro Verde, Santa Maria Novella, Florence; St. George and the Dragon, c. 1456, The National Gallery, London; and The Miracle of the Desecrated Host, c. 1467, Galleria Nazionale, Urbino.

Copyright © Oil Painting Reproduction Australia 2013