Paolo Gerolamo Brusco

Paolo Gerolamo Brusco or Girolamo Brusco (8 June 1742 – 30 March 1820) was a prolific Italian painter active in Liguria. He was also nicknamed Bruschetto.

Paolo Gerolamo Brusco
Statue of Paolo Gerolamo Brusco in the public gardens of the Piazza del Popolo in Savona.
Born	8 June 1742 Savona
Died	30 March 1820
Nationality	Italian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Neoclassic

Biography

Born in Savona, his father and one of his brothers were employed in painting local maiolica.^[1] Another brother, Giacomo, was a civil engineer.^[2] As a young man, he traveled to Rome and was influenced by the Neoclassic style of Anton Raphael Mengs, and may have trained with Pompeo Batoni^[3][4]

Works

• St Vincent of Paoli in the first chapel to right of the Church of Sant'Andrea Apostolo (Savona).
• Stuccowork and frescoes for the Church of San Pietro (Savona).
• Mysteries of the Rosary: Canvases for the Church of San Bernardo of Italy.
• Frescoes in the presbytery for the Church of San Lorenzo of Cairo Montenotte.
• Fresco (1810) of St. Martin for the Church of San Martino of Italy.
• Frescoes for the Church of Santissima Trinità in Sassello.
• Frescoes for the Church of San Michele in Celle Ligure.
• Canvases and frescoes for the Church of San Nicolò in Albisola Superiore.
• Canvases for the Church of San Giovanni Battista of Savona.
• Frescoes for the Sanctuary of Nostra Signora delle Grazie al Molo in Genoa.
• Madonna di Misericordia for the Oratory of Nostra Signora di Castello in Savona.

Sources

• Treccani Enciclopedia Dizionario biografico.

1. Notizie dei professori di disegno in Liguria, Volume 1, by Federigo Alizeri (Genoa, 1865); page 263-264.
2. Alizeri, page 275.
3. Biblioteca italiana ossia giornale di letteratura, scienze ed arti, Volume 21, obituary, page 445.
4. Notizie dei professori del disegno in Liguria dalla fondazione dell' Accademia, Volume 1. (1865), by Federigo Alizeri, Publisher Luigi Sambolini, Genoa, pages 264-268.