Salomon Corrodi

Photograph of Salomon Corrodi c. 1890

Salomon Corrodi (23 April 1810 – July 4, 1892) was a Swiss-Italian painter, mainly of watercolor landscapes.[1]

Biography

He was born in Zurich, the son of an Italian Protestant preacher living in Switzerland.[2] Two of his sons, Ermanno and Arnaldo, were also painters. A collection of his vedute has been published.[3] He trained with Johann Jakob Wetzel, and came to Rome in 1832, along with the fellow pupil Jakob Suter (1805–1874). In Rome, he was influenced by the circle of Neoclassical artists around Bertel Thorvaldsen[4] He died in Como, Italy.

Notes

References

  1. Garollo, Gottardo (1907). Ulrico Hoepli, ed. Dizionario biografico universale. Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan. p. 583.
  2. Istituto Matteucci biography.
  3. Il Grand Tour nelle vedute italiane di Salomon Corrodi, pittore svizzero, 1810-1892.
  4. From notes regarding a watercolor of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli at www.tibursuperbum.it.
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