Artist: Luca Forte (1610 - 1670)
Nationality: Italian
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Luca Forte is credited as the first painter to produce still-lifes with landscapes as backgrounds. His career is almost entirely unknown, but a letter to a collector shows that he was successful during his time.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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J. Paul Getty Museum -
Still Life with Grapes and other Fruit
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Madonna and Child, ca. 1505 Luca Signorelli (Luca d"Egidio di Luca di Ventura) (Italian, Umbrian,
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Francesco Guardi - Forte S. Andrea Del Lido, Venice 1760-1770 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Italian
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Luca Giordano, Christ and the Adulteress, 1653
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Luca Giordano, Two Courtiers, 17th century
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Luca Cambiaso, Holy Family, 16th century
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A. Casanova, Tentation (Temptation), from L"Eau forte en 1881, 1880
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Luca Cambiaso, Charity, 16th century
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Luca Giordano, Charity, 17th - 18th century
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Luca Bertelli, St. Jerome in a Cave, 16th century
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Luca Cambiaso, Venus and Adonis, 16th century
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Luca Cambiaso, Flight from Troy, 16th century
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Luca Cambiaso, Baptism of Christ, 16th century
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Francois Bonvin, Francois Bonvin gravant a l"eau forte, 1861
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Abraham Bosse, ManiËre de jeter l*eau forte sur la planche (Method of pouring etching acid over the plate), pl. 6 in the book De la maniËre de graver ý l"eau forte et au burin by Abraham Bosse (Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1758), 1645
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Edouard Manet, Le Fleuve (Paris: Librairie de l*Eau-Forte, [1874 or 1875]), 1875
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Guido Reni, Angels in Glory, after Luca Cambiaso, 1607
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Luca Ciamberlano, Noli Me Tangere, after Frederico Barocci, 1609
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A. Casanova, Le Sourd (The Deaf Man), from the series L"Eau Forte en 1878, 1877
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Luca Giordano, Samson and Delilah, 17th - 18th century
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Luca Giordano, Gypsies Resting, 17th century
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Oreste Cortazzo, Le Pifferari (The Pipers), from L"Eau Forte en 1881, 1881
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Oreste Cortazzo, Les Buveurs (The Drinkers), from L"Eau Forte en 1880, 1880
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Raffaello Schiaminossi, The Stoning of St. Stephen, after Luca Cangiaso, 1608
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Giorgio Ghisi , The Calumny of Apelles, after Luca Penni, 1560
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Giorgio Ghisi , Venus and the Rose, after Luca Penni, 1556
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Luca Giordano, Venus and Adonis, 17th - 18th century
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Luca Ciamberlano, Coat-of-Arms with Virtues for the Duke of Urbino, 1599
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Luca Bertelli, The Israelites and the Plague of Serpents, after Michelangelo, 16th century
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Giorgio Ghisi , Allegory of the Hunt, after a design by Luca Penni, 1556
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Guido Reni, Angels in Glory, after Luca Cambiaso, 1607
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Edouard Manet, Le Fleuve - Dragonfly (Paris: Librairie de l*Eau-Forte, [1874 or 1875]), 1875
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A. Casanova, Le Mariage d"un Prince (The Marriage of a Prince), from L"Eau forte en 1880, 1880
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Edouard Manet, Le Fleuve- Mountain (Paris: Librairie de l*Eau-Forte, [1874 or 1875]), 1875
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Edouard Manet, Le Fleuve- Landscape (Paris: Librairie de l*Eau-Forte, [1874 or 1875]), 1875
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Edouard Manet, Le Fleuve-Swamp (Paris: Librairie de l*Eau-Forte, [1874 or 1875]), 1875
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Edouard Manet, Le Fleuve-Five figures (Paris: Librairie de l*Eau-Forte, [1874 or 1875]), 1875
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Edouard Manet, Le Fleuve- Under Bridge (Paris: Librairie de l*Eau-Forte, [1874 or 1875]), 1875
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Edouard Manet, Le Fleuve-Ships (Paris: Librairie de l*Eau-Forte, [1874 or 1875]), 1875
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Edouard Manet, Le Fleuve-Birds (Paris: Librairie de l*Eau-Forte, [1874 or 1875]), 1875

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Galeria do Teatro Municipal Baltazar Nunes: Dialogues with Engravings: Angela Costa, Guilhrme Cardoso, Liliana Almeida, Margarida Ransy and Marina dos Santos
Each of the artists exhibiting have their preferences, their tendencies, their obstinacies, their materials of predilection. Each has their own personal quest, search, insistancies and hesitations. Each wants always do the best work possible.
Durango Arts Center: Trio Series: Group Two Exhibit by Colorado Artists
Ric Peterson studied art at Southern Illinois University and received private instruction under arts masters in Rome, Guatemala, Japan and Australia. He has exhibited in both British Columbia and Australia, and has worked as a graphic designer and...
Museum Gilardi, Forte Dei Marmi: Varda Carmeli: Homage to Rosalda
The intensity of her experiences created a synthesis which led to internal observation and process of creation. The spectrum and choice of Varda's colors is influenced by the materials and the ways they change over time: erosion,  rust , etc. The...

Further Artwork and Information:

Luca Forte (1610 - 1670) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Luca Forte (Getty Museum)
Luca Forte Prints, Posters and Frames at Art.com
Luca Forte Section of www.artexpression.com
Luca Forte / Still Life with Grapes and other Fruit / about 1630s
Luca Forte in La Natura Morta by libricom.it
Luca FORTE Art Auction Sales and Market Information by artprice.com
Still Life with Grapes and other Fruit (Getty Museum)
Grove Art Online
Laurenti, Luca - Davvero forte però... - dooyoo.it

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