Andrea Appiani

Andrea Appiani , 1754-1817, Italian neoclassical painter and Italian court painter of Napoleon I, active in Lombardy. His frescoes include work in churches and palaces of Milan. In his portraits his style anticipated the romantic approach. Portraits of Napoleon (1796; Bellagio) and Canova are among his oils.

Appiani, Andrea (b Milan, 31 May 1754; d Milan, 8 Nov. 1817). Italian painter. He was the leading Italian painter of the Neoclassical period, but more on account of the lack of native competition than because of the quality of his work, which is graceful and impeccably finished but often rather bland. Most of his career was spent in Milan; his work there includes the fresco decoration of the church of S. Maria presso S. Celso (1792–8). This is sometimes described as his masterpiece, but his portraits have generally appealed more to modern taste than his decorative work.

Appiani, Andrea (1754–1817). Italian painter. He was the leading Italian painter of the Neoclassical period, but more on account of the lack of native competition than because of the quality of his work, which is graceful and impeccably finished but often rather bland. Most of his career was spent in his native Milan; his work there includes the fresco decoration of the church of S. Maria presso S. Celso (1792–8). This is sometimes described as his masterpiece, but his portraits have generally appealed more to modern taste than his decorative work.