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Accademia di Brera

Accademia di Brera

Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Sculpture of Hector's farewell to Andromache with child - Giuseppe De Fabris Addio di Ettore ad Andromaca, 1817.

  • The Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan is one of the most solid and important institutions in the Italian art scene; it was established in 1776 by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria during the rule of the Habsburg territories.

    The Brera Academy of Fine Arts is located in the imposing Palazzo Brera, previously a Jesuit college for over two hundred years. In addition to the Academy, the palace houses the Pinacoteca di Brera (art gallery), Braidense National Library, a botanical garden and other cultural institutions.

    The Brera Academy of Fine Arts was created to stimulate a new way of teaching fine arts, revolutionary in its direct response to public opinion and collective tastes rather than artists guilds and craftsmen. This encouraged a fertile dynamism both in the city and in the Academy, with a major impact on modern Italian identity.

    The Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan is one of the most prestigious, landmark academies in Italy.
  • Many prominent artists, designers and architects of the twentieth century have studied here, including Giuseppe De Fabris, Domenico Induno, Emilio...
    Emilio Gola
    Figura di donna - Edvige, 19th century, 2nd half
    Oil on canvas / Olio su tela / Öl auf Leinwand
    73 1/4 x 39 3/4 in
    186 x 101 cm

    Many prominent artists, designers and architects of the twentieth century have studied here, including Giuseppe De Fabris, Domenico Induno, Emilio Gola, Carlo Fornara, Angelo Morbelli, Enrico Reycent, Achille Funi, Carlo Carrà and Marino Marini; contemporary artists who have studied here are Vannessa Beecroft, Mario Airò, Marcello Maloberti, Lara Favaretto, Patrick Tuttofuoco and Alberto Garutti, a teacher for several generations of artists.

    The Brera Academy of Fine Arts is also tied to important Italian designers from the twentieth century, such as Carlo Bugatti, Osvaldo Borsani, Achille Castiglioni, Joe Colombo, Pietro Chiesa, Enzo Mari, Claudio Vender, Mario Asnago and Massimo Vignelli as well as contemporary artists of such calibre as Gianni Caravaggio, Roberto Cuoghi, Giuseppe Gabellone, Petrit Halilaj, Liliana Moro, Paola Pivi and Bernhard Rüdiger.

    Today, the Brera Academy of Fine Arts is a point of reference for the schooling of young artists as the most established and prestigious public fine arts university in Milan.
    • A marble sculpture depicting a scene from the Iliad, a major ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, where the character Hector is saying farewell to his wife Andromache and son Astynax so that he could fight in the Trojan War.
      Giuseppe De Fabris, Addio di Ettore ad Andromaca, 1817
    • An oil painting of refugees from a burned village.
      Domenico Induno, I Profughi del Villaggio Incendiato, 1854?
    • An oil painting on canvas depicting a courtyard filled with people gathered around a male figure alongside a horse, cart, and dogs.
      Giulio Gorra, Cortile con giocolieri, c.1850-1900
    • An oil painting of a woman dressed in black against an abstracted background of browns and orange.
      Emilio Gola, Figura di donna - Edvige, 19th century, 2nd half
    • A landscape oil painting of a day at noon in May around Ivrea, Italy, showing a mountain, village and figure in the field.
      Enrico Reycend, Meriggio di maggio nei Dintorni di Ivrea, 1912
    • A mixed-media painting of a male figure dressed as a merchant.
      Achille Virgilio Socrate Funi, Figura maschile abbigliata da mercante, 1951
    • An oil painting of a rural scene. Artwork details: Artist: Carlo Carrà. Artwork title: L'Aia. Artwork date: 1928. Artwork medium: Oil on canvas. Artwork dimensions: 70 x 90 cm.
      Carlo Carrà, L'Aia, 1928
    • A mixed-media painting of a male figure with drapery.
      Achille Virgilio Socrate Funi, Statua classica con panneggio, 1951
    • A mixed-media painting of a horse and rider.
      Marino Marini, Cavallo e cavaliere, 1955
    • A tempera painting of a group of three male figures dressed as merchants.
      Achille Virgilio Socrate Funi, Gruppo di tre figure maschili abbigliate da mercanti, 1951
    • A tempera painting of a Piazza with a monument by the sea.
      Achille Virgilio Socrate Funi, Visione di una città ideale Figure in uno sfondo architettonico con scultura, 1951
    • A tempera painting of a Piazza by the sea.
      Achille Virgilio Socrate Funi, Visione di una Città ideale. Figure su fondale architettonico di ispirazione classica, 1951
    • A tempera painting with a view of a port with a central sculpture, figures and architectural elements of classical inspiration.
      Achille Virgilio Socrate Funi, Visione di una Città ideale. Edifici, colonnati, tempio in costruzione, statua centrale, personaggi sulla piazza e porto sullo sfondo, 1951
    • A tempera painting with a view of a port with a central temple, figures and architectural elements of classical inspiration.
      Achille Virgilio Socrate Funi, Visione di una città ideale. Porto con tempietto, palazzo, colonnati e figure., 1951
    • An oil painting depicting a scene of Venice with the lagoon gondolier and pigeons. Artwork details: Artist: Carlo Fornara. Artwork title: Venezia. Artwork date: c.1890-1900. Artwork medium: Oil on canvas. Artwork dimensions: 60 x 100 cm.
      Carlo Fornara, Venezia, c.1914

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