Biography of Paolo Veronese
Name: Paolo Veronese
Birth Date: 1528
Death Date: April 19, 1588
Place of Birth: Verona, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupations: painter
Paolo Veronese
The Italian painter Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) was one of the greatest Venetian artists. His work is rich in invention and decorative splendor and excels in the depiction of festive and heroic scenes.Paolo Veronese, whose real name was Paolo Caliari, was born in Verona (hence the appellation Veronese) and received his early training there from Antonio Badile. In 1552 Veronese was in Mantua, where he encountered the art of Giulio Romano. The following year Veronese was working at the Ducal Palace in Venice. He spent the rest of his life in that city, directing a large workshop which, after his death on April 19, 1588, was taken over by his brother Benedetto and his sons Carlo and Gabriele and continued to produce works in his manner for some time.Characteristics of His ArtVeronese responded with singular felicity to the calm and peacefulness of Titian's works and elaborated on these qualities in wonderful fresco compositions. …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…is the fresco decoration of Andrea Palladio's Villa Barbaro at Maser (ca. 1561). The harmony there effected between the taste of an enlightened patron and the art of Palladio and Veronese makes the villa one of the most delightful places on earth. Landscapes, noble buildings, beautifully shining skies, and playfully painted gods, heroes, allegorical figures, and animals on the walls and ceilings all mingle and smile in a world of art, full of mirth, sense, and dignity, and offer refreshment from the cares of the world. Further Reading Veronese has not been well served by the art-historical literature in English. An introduction to his art is available in Antoine Orliac, Veronese (trans. 1940). On his drawings see Hans Tietze and Erika Tietze-Conrat, The Drawings of the Venetian Painters (1944). Excellent appreciations of his art can be found in John Ruskin, Modern Painters (1843-1860) and The Stones of Venice (1851-1853), and in Henry James, Italian Hours (1909).
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