Benvenuto tisi biography

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1481 - 1559

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  Benvenuto Tisi

  An artist in the late Renaissance, of the Italian Mannerists, Il Garofalo was of the School of Ferrara painters, from his birthplace Ferrara. His idyllic works were a classic example of the School of Ferrara painters, but he also developed a more classical style perhaps influenced by his time in Rome and from the work of Giulio Romano (1499 – 1546). His breadth of studies under artists who influenced or were affiliated to different schools of Italian painting gave him a refined sense of style.

  In his early training he studied with Domenico Panetti (1460 – 1530) in Ferrara and also with his uncle Niccoló Soriani in the Province of Cremona. His connection here may also be in studying with a painter of the Emilian School, Boccaccio Boccaccino, also born in Ferrara who was quite active in Cremona. He possibly spent a few years studying in Mantua with Lorenzo Costa (1460 – 1535), also from Ferrara, but who later influenced the Bolognese School of painting.

  During his time in Rome before this, he may have studied draughtsmanship some with Giovanni Baldini. Also while

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  Benvenuto Tisi, Il Garofalo (1476/81-1559) Biography

  Benvenuto Tisi, also known as "il Garofalo", was born around 1481 in Garofalo. He was an Italian artist of the late Renaissance belonging to the School of Ferrara. His career began at the court of the Duke of Este. The name "Garofalo" probably derives either from the painter's birthplace or from the fact that he sometimes signed his works with a drawing of a carnation. Garofalo is said to have started as an apprentice to Domenico Panetti in 1491, while he would later collaborate with Dosso Dossi. In 1495, he worked in Cremona under the guidance of Boccaccio Boccaccino, who introduced him to the Venetian chromatic style. In 1501, he moved to Bologna for two years, where he worked in the workshop of Lorenzo Costa the Elder. In 1504 Garofalo returned to Ferrara and began to collaborate with the Dossi brothers. In 1550 Garofalo became blind and died in Ferrara on 6 September 1559.