Cherubino Cornienti (March 25, 1816 – May 12, 1860) was an Italian painter, active in a Romantic style mainly in Northern Italy.
Biography
Karl Bryullov on his deathbed (1832)
Son of an artisan Luigi and his wife Paola Marazzi, he was born in Pavia. He followed his brother Giuseppe, an engraver and lithographer at Milan. When he was early 12 years of age, he was admitted to the Brera Academy.[1] In 1835, he participated in the annual exhibition at the Academy, and the next year, along with Domenico Induno, he won a prestigious award. He began a studio, alongside Induno, Giuseppe Mongeri, and Mauro Conconi.
In 1838 he painted the portrait of the patron Felice Borroni (it) of Solcio di Lesa. In 1839, he painted the Bishop of Lodi, Count Gaetano Benaglia (it). In 1842, he painted the Paolo Erizzo bids Farewell to his Daughters. In 1843, the Brera Academy awarded him a three-year stipend to paint in Rome. There he gravitated to the colony of Italian and foreign artists allied to the Accademia di San Luca, including Karl Bryullov. He attended courses in the French Academy in Villa Medici. In 1850, he was commissioned a fresco on Christ at Emmaus for the Convent of the Cappuccini of Tivoli. In 1853, his painting of Child Moses steps on the Crown of the Pharoah was sent for exhibition in Milan but the judges including Francesco Hayez, severely criticized the work.
He works in Garlate and Crema. In 1854, his work was interrupted by the demise of his model and companion Lalla, who had accompanied him from Rome to Milan. He visited Venice and Trieste. Back in Milan, he paints the portrait of Renato Borromeo. In 1856 two altarpieces for the church in Malgrate. In 1857, he proposed painting frescoes for the Duomo of Vigevano, but the commission is assigned to Francesco Gonin.
Back in Rome, he continued to paint historical subjects, including events in the life of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Ludovico il Moro, and Galeazzo Sforza. Finally in 1860, the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna nominated him Professor of Painting with a stipend of 3500 Lire. But within a few months, Cherubino died in Milan at 44 years of age. He was buried alongside his friend Mauro Conconi, who died two days later.
Works
Portrait of Felice Borroni (it), 1838
Portrait of Count Gaetano Benaglia (it), Bishop of Lodi, 1839
Farewell of Paolo Erizzo (it) to his daughters, 1842
I profughi di Praga, 1843
Self-portrait, 1843 (Gallery of Villa Belgiojoso Bonaparte, Museo dell'Ottocento (it), Milan)
Wife of the Levite Ephraim, 1845
Madonna with Saints Carlo and Alessandro (altarpiece at church of Sant'Alessandro in Zebedia, Milan)
Michelangelo unveils Moses statue to pope Paul III, 1848
Child Moses steps on the Pharaoh's Crown, 1853, (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan)
Portrait of Carlo Testori, 1853
Portrait of signora Testori, 1853
Myth of Prometheus, wall fresco 1855 (villa Testori, Garlate)
Annunciation, 1856 (church of San Leonardo, Malgrate)
Nativity Scene 1856 (church of San Leonardo, Malgrate)
Leonardo da Vinci shows Ludovico il Moro the conch of the Naviglio, 1858
Venus and putti, 1859 (Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan)
Exhibitions
1835, 1839 Milan, Exhibition at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera
1842 Venice, Exhibition at Accademia di Belle Arti
1842, 1843, 1845, 1846, 1850, 1851, 1853 Exhibition at the Brera
1855 Universal Exposition of Arts and Industry, Paris.
1856, 1857, 1858, 1859 Milano, Exhibition at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera
1900 Lombard Painting of 19th century, Milan.
1929 Milan, Mostra commemorativa di Tranquillo Cremona nel 50º anniversario della morte
1934 Rome, II Mostra d'Arte Sacra
1960 Pavia, Cherubino Cornienti ed i pittori pavesi dell'800
1969 Milan, La Milano del primo Romanticismo
1975 Milan, Mostra dei Maestri di Brera
1976 Pavia, Pavia. Cent'anni di cultura artistica
1983 Costanza, La Battaglia di Legnano
1986 Milano, 1886-1986 La Permanente. Un secolo d'arte a Milano
1989 Roma, Risorgimento greco e filoellenismo italiano
1991 Sartirana, I Mostra Mercato della pittura dell'800
1992 Milano, Il primo Ottocento italiano
1993 Milano, Milano e la Lombardia in età comunale
1996 Pavia, Cherubino Cornienti pittore (1816-1860)
Bibliography
C.Carrà, La pittura romantica in Lombardia, ne "L'Ambrosiano", Milano, October 15, 1930.
U.Ojetti (a cura di) Tranquillo Cremona and Lombard artists of his Time, catalogo della mostra, Castello di Pavia, Milan 1938.
G.Ballo (curator) La Milano del primo Romanticismo, catalogo della mostra, Milano 1969.
Catalogo asta Finarte n.537 del 18 marzo 1986, Milano 1986.
I.Marelli, Cherubino Cornienti, La pittura in Italia. l'Ottocento,II, Milano 1991.
F.Mazzocca, Cherubino Cornienti, in Musei e Gallerie di Milano, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano 1993.
Cherubino Cornienti pittore (1816,1860), exhibition at Castello Visconteo of Pavia, 1996, Diakronia.
Translated from Italian Wikipedia entry.
References
La Pittura lombarda nel secolo XIX., Tipografia Capriolo e Massimino, 1900, page 58.
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