Vittorio Matteo Corcos Paintings

Vittorio Matteo Corcos Painting

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Vittorio Matteo Corcos Biography

Italian Academic Classical artist
born 1859 - died 1933

Artworks of oil painting old master Vittorio Matteo Corcos Italy 1859-1933

At an early age Vittorio Matteo Corcos was sent by his family to the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence, there the painter studied drawing and painting. At nineteen Corcos left Florence for Naples and continued his studies with Domenico Morelli whose art he greatly admired.
On the suggestion of his Napolitan master Corcos established himself in Paris and in 1880 Vittorio Matteo Corcos committed himself to the famous art dealer Goupil. It was here that he was befriended by Vincent van Gogh who also worked in Goupil’s Paris studio. In fact some of the most famous Italian artists of that time, such as Giovanni Boldini and Giuseppe de Nittis, were amongst Goupil’s protéges. From time to time Vittorio Matteo Corcos would also visit the workshop of Léon Bonnat, a successful portrait painter of wealthy Parisians.

Whilst in Paris he exhibited at the Salon of 1881, 1882 and 1885 where Vittorio Matteo Corcos painting was highly praised. Of course Corcos academic art was not only influenced by the other masters in the studio, Boldini and De Nittis, but also by the French Impressionist movement.

In 1886 Corcos returned to Italy and in that same year he participated in an exhibition in Livorno where painters of the Macchiaioli group and other regional schools were represented. The following year Vittorio Matteo Corcos, who was originally of Jewish origin, converted to Catholicism to marry Emma Ciabatti and set up home in Florence.

Corcos and his wife lived amongst the intellectual elite of Florence whose activities were focused in the magazine Il Marzocco. As a result of this Corcos became a much sought after portrait painter for the rich and noble families of the area. Vittorio Matteo Corcos portraits were highly appreciated not only for the sensitive rendering of the features and for the beautiful clothes they wore but also for their composition.