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Giovan Francesco Gonzaga was an Italian painter and sculptor. He was born on June 12, 1921, in Milan. He died on October 2, 2007, in Milan.[1]

Biography

As a teen he attended the Sforza Castle of Milan where he used to copy the works of artists such as Leonardo and Michelangelo.[2] He never had any formal training in painting.[3]

Gonzaga had a distinct and peculiar style.[3] The most frequent subjects are horses, riders, still lives, soldiers, portraits, and landscapes, besides traditional sacred subjects such as crucifixions and portraits of the Virgin Mary.[3]

Works in museums

• Art Museum of Los Angeles (United States)
• National Museum of Tel Aviv (Israel).

Museums in Italy

• Museo d'arte of Avellino[4] with I due corsieri (1995) and Paesaggio bergamasco (2000).
• Museo del Reggimento Savoia Cavalleria of Grosseto with Soldati del Savoia Cavalleria.
• Museo storico dell'arma di cavalleria of Pinerolo (TO).
• Museo storico della Guardia di Finanza of Rome with Il finanziere.

References

Bibliography

• CARISIO Fabio, "Giovan Francesco Gonzaga incanta anche con La Rossa”, reportage Art & Wine n. 19, edizioni Gospa
• A.A.V.V., Giovan Francesco Gonzaga, Il Salotto, Milano 1997, pp. 61.
• A.A.V.V., Gonzaga, Il Salotto, Milano 2002, pp.(7).
• A.A.V.V., Giovan Francesco Gonzaga. Serigrafie 2004-2005, Edizioni Telemarket Communication, Roncadelle (BS) 2005, pp.(57).
• A.A.V.V., Esposizione di opere del maestro Giovan Francesco Gonzaga, Il Salotto, Milano 2012, pp. 15.
• BONI Francesco - CIVIELLO Renato, Giovan Francesco Gonzaga, Il Salotto, Milano 1993, pp.(15).
• FALOSSI Giorgio - MONTEVERDI Mario, Gonzaga, F.lli Verga, Milano 1980, pp. (12).
• LEVI Paolo - SGARBI Vittorio, Catalogo generale delle opere di Giovan Francesco Gonzaga. Primo volume, Editoriale Giorgio Mondatori, Milano 2006, pp. 655.

Other websites

• biography from gonzagagiovanfrancesco.com (in Italian)
• biographical notes from ilsalotto.it (in Italian)
• biographical notes from telemarket.com (in Italian)

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