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| Nota biografica |
Su invito dell’architetto William Wilkins, nel 1803 Aglio si recò in Gran Bretagna, dove insegnò a Cambridge e a Londra. Dopo essersi sposato con Letizia Clarke nel 1805, eseguì opere decorative per L’Opera House e il Drury Lane Theatre, e affreschi per Woolley Hall nello Yorkshire; continuò quest’attività negli anni successivi a Londra e a Woburn Abbey nel Bedfordshire. Nel 1809 dipinse su commissione alcune vedute del lago di Killarney in Irlanda. Attorno al 1820 si dedicò alla litografia e, incaricato da Lord Kingsborough a copiare dei manoscritti, viaggiò in Europa, forse sostando in Italia. Lavorò di nuovo a Woburn Abbey, e all’Old Town Hall di Manchester, e nel 1825 tornò a lavorare a Londra; compì altre opere ornamentali a Reading e Leeds. Verso il 1846 decorò a encausto un padiglione nel giardino di Buckingham Palace, e tre anni dopo collaborò con il figlio Augustine all’Olympic Theatre di Londra.
On the invitation of the architect William Wilkins, in 1803 Aglio removed to Britain, where he taught at Cambridge and London. After marrying Letizia Clarke in 1805, he executed decorative works for the Opera House and the Drury Lane Theatre, and frescoes for Woolley Hall in Yorkshire; he continued this activity in the following years in London and at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire. In 1809, he was commissioned to paint views of Lake Killarney in Ireland. Around 1820 he dedicated his attention to lithography and, on assignment from Lord Kingsborough to copy manuscripts, toured Europe, possibly sojourning in Italy. He again worked at Woburn Abbey, and at the Old Town Hall in Manchester. In 1825, he resumed work in London, but also undertook decorative work in Reading and Leeds. Towards 1846, he decorated a pavillion in the garden of Buckingham Palace with the encaustic technique, and three years later collaborated with his son Augustine at the Olympic Theatre in London. |
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| Soggiorni |
1803: residente in Gran Bretagna |
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| Contatti |
Kingsborough Lord, Landsdowne Marquis of, Smith J.B. Esq., Wilkins William M.P. |
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| Recapiti |
43, Gerrard Street, Soho, Londra (1808)
8, Gerrard Street, Soho, Londra (1809)
15, Broad Street, Golden Square, Londra (1813, 1814)
36, Newman Street, Londra (1830)
2, Osnaburgh Street, Londra (1843, 1845, 1846) |
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Londra (1807, 1808, 1809, 1813, 1814, 1818, 1820, 1825, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1834, 1836, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1843, 1845, 1846)
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| Bibliografia |
F. Sacchi, Cenni sulla vita e le opere di A. A., Cremona 1869.
A. Graves, Dictionary of Artists who have Exhibited Works in the Principal London Exhibitions from 1760 to 1893, Londra 1901 (ristampa Bath 1973), ad vocem.
A. Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts, Londra 1905, vol.1 (ristampa 1970), ad vocem.
J. Johnson (a c.d.), The Royal Society of British Artists 1824-1893 and the New English Art Club 1888-1917, Woodbridge Suffolk 1975 (ristampa 1987), ad vocem.
C. Wood, Victorian Painters, Woodbridge 1995 (ristampa 1998), vol. I, ad vocem. |
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| Opere in collezioni britanniche |
Entrance to Hastings, East Sussex, from London Road (1823), Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings.
Hastings, East Sussex, from the London Road (1825 circa), Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings.
Peasants Escaping from Banditti, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Salford.
Young Queen Victoria (1838), Parliamentary Art Collection, Londra. |
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