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| Giovanni di Paolo (c. 1403–1482) | ||||||||||
| Also called Giovanni del Poggio, Giovanni was a painter of the Sienese school and a contemporary and occasional assistant of Sano di Pietro. He was already known in 1423, and was on the roll of the Guild at Siena in 1428. He was probably a pupil of Paolo di Giovanni Fei. Giovanni was a close follower of Sassetta and was influenced by Fra Angelico, Taddeo di Bartolo and Gentile da Fabriano. He had a very prolific career, painting mainly religious panels for altarpieces, and illuminated manuscripts. His painting maintains a Gothic conservative style, is linear and colouristically harsh, and is of an exasperated expressiveness with a visionary fantasy. Up until the early twentieth century, Giovanni was considered an inferior artist, with his expressionist style being underappreciated. Many of his works are in private collections in Europe and America. His death probably occurred in Siena. | ||||||||||
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