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Constantino Brumidi (July 26, 1805 – February 19, 1880) was an Italian painter and a naturalised American citizen, best known and honored for his fresco work, Apotheosis of Washington, in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
Constantino Brumidi (1805–1880) is best known for the murals he painted in the United States Capitol over a 25-year period, including the Apotheosis of Washington, the Frieze of American History and the walls of the Brumidi Corridors.
The Apotheosis of Washington in the eye of the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol was painted in the true fresco technique by Constantino Brumidi in 1865. Brumidi (1805-1880) was born and trained in Rome and had painted in the Vatican and Roman palaces before emigrating to the United States in 1852.
Apr 3, 2016 · Brumidi, an Italian immigrant, sure earned his reputation as “the artist of the Capitol.” But how did he end up in Washington D.C., tasked with what was at the time (1855) the most ambitious and expensive commission of a federal work of art?
Biography. Born July 26, 1805, in Rome, Italy. His father was Greek and his mother was Italian. Studied painting with Baron Camuccini and sculpture with Antonio Canova and Bertel Thorvaldsen at the Academy in Rome, about 1818.
The Frieze of American History in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol contains a painted panorama depicting significant events in American history. The frieze's 19 scenes is the work of three artists: Constantino Brumidi, Filippo Costaggini and Allyn Cox.
BRUMIDI Artist of the Capitol CONSTANTINO BRUMIDI is known for the murals he painted in the United States Capitol over a 25-year period. The Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda under the Capitol Dome was Brumidi’s most ambitious work. Congress authorized a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal in his honor that is on
Constantino Brumidi (1805–1880) is best known for the murals he painted in the United States Capitol over a 25-year period, including the Apotheosis of Washington, the Frieze of American History and the walls of the Brumidi Corridors.
Constantino Brumidi was one of many Italian Americans who died without recognition of his work, specifically in the Capitol Building.
The Apotheosis of Washington is the fresco painted by Greek-Italian artist Constantino Brumidi in 1865 and visible through the oculus of the dome in the rotunda of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
