1. Constantino Brumidi was a Greek-Italian painter and a naturalized American citizen, best known and honored for his fresco work, Apotheosis of Washington, in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
11 Facts About Constantino Brumidi
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Constantino Brumidi showed his talent for fresco painting at an early age and underwent training in the fields of sculpture and painting, under the tutelage of artists such as Bertel Thorvaldsen, Antonio Canova, and Baron Vincenzo Camuccini.
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Constantino Brumidi painted in several Roman palaces, among them being that of Prince Torlonia.
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In 1854 Constantino Brumidi went to Mexico, where he painted an allegorical representation of the Holy Trinity for the altarpiece of the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
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Constantino Brumidi subsequently created several works for St Stephen's Church in New York, including an altarpiece and murals.
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Constantino Brumidi's work attracting much favorable attention, he was given further commissions, and gradually settled into the position of a Government painter.
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Filippo Costaggini continued painting the frieze over the next 8 years based on the sketches Constantino Brumidi left; however, there was no sketch left for the final panel, which remained empty until 1953, when Allyn Cox designed and painted it.
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Constantino Brumidi was a capable, if conventional painter, and his black and white modeling in the work at Washington, in imitation of bas-relief, is strikingly effective.
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Constantino Brumidi decorated the entrance hall of Saleaudo, located at Frederick, Maryland, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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Constantino Brumidi died in Washington, DC, and was interred at Glenwood Cemetery.
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The location of Constantino Brumidi's grave was lost for 72 years.