Giuseppe Artari
Giuseppe Artari (1697 – 19 January 1771)[1] was an Italian stuccoist. He was born the son of the stuccoist Giovanni Battista Artaria at Arogno, near Lugano.[1]
From 1731 the 1760 he was in the service of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne Clemens August of Bavaria[2] and decorated the Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces, Brühl (1731–1733 and 1748–1757), the Buen Retiro, Bonn (today destroyed), and the Poppelsdorf Palace in Bonn (from 1744, today destroyed).[1]
Selected works
- ca. 1715: Duncombe Park, North Yorkshire[3]
- before 1720: Cannons, Middlesex: chapel ceiling, together with Giovanni Bagutti (destroyed)[3]
- 1720: Orleans House, Twickenham: octagon, together with Giovanni Bagutti[3]
- 1720s: Houghton Hall, Norfolk[3]
- 1722–1726: St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, together with Giovanni Bagutti[3]
- 1723–1724: St Peter, Vere Street, London, together with Giovanni Bagutti[3]
- 1725: Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, together stuccoists Francesco Vassalli and Francesco Leone Serena[3]
- before 1729: Clandon Park House, West Clandon, Surrey: ceiling (attributed)[1]
- ca. 1730: Barnsley Park, Barnsley, Gloucestershire: hall and staircase, together with Giovanni Bagutti[1]
- 1731–1733: Falkenlust Palace, Brühl[1]
- ca. 1742–1744[1] or 1744–1745:[3] Radcliffe Camera, Oxford: dome, together with Charles Stanley[1]
- 1748–1757: Augustusburg Palace, Brühl[1]
- Buen Retiro, Bonn (destroyed)[1]
- from 1744: Poppelsdorf Palace, Bonn, together with Carlo Pietro Morsegno (destroyed)[1]
- 1750–1752: St. Clemens's Church, Münster[1]
- 1754–1757: Erbdrostenhof, Münster[1]
- house at Kettenplatz 2, Paderborn[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Artaria, Giuseppe". Artists of the World. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ Pedrini Stanga, Lucia (22 April 2009). "Artari, Giuseppe". Dizionario storico della Svizzera (DSS) (in Italian). Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Beard, Geoffrey (23 September 2004). "Artari, Giuseppe (1692/1700–1769), stuccoist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67946. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ Hespe, Roswitha (1962). "ARTARIA, Giuseppe". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2025.