Francesco Hayez is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, and is renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and portraits.
10 Facts About Francesco Hayez
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Francesco Hayez was from a relatively poor family from Venice.
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Francesco Hayez was brought up by his mother's sister, who had married Giovanni Binasco, a well-off shipowner and art collector.
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Francesco Hayez's uncle, having noticed his precocious talent, apprenticed him to an art restorer in Venice.
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Francesco Hayez was admitted to the painting course of the New Academy of Fine Arts in Venice in 1806, where he studied under Teodoro Matteini.
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Francesco Hayez remained in Rome until 1814, then moved to Naples where he was commissioned by Joachim Murat to paint a major work depicting Ulysses at the court of Alcinous.
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In 1850 Francesco Hayez was appointed director of the Brera Academy.
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Francesco Hayez's output included historic paintings designed to appeal to the patriotic sensibility of his patrons as well as works reflecting the desire to accompany a Neoclassic style to grand themes, either from biblical or classical literature.
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Francesco Hayez's portraits have the intensity of Ingres and the Nazarene movement.
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Francesco Hayez's painting The Kiss was considered among his best work by his contemporaries, and is possibly his most well-known effort.