Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was a great Italian artist of the 18th century, a genius of fresco, famous throughout Europe, a master of Rococo. The work of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo entered the golden fund of world painting. His paintings and frescoes are distinguished by lightness, dynamics, virtuoso transmission of light and shadow.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, a representative of the Venetian school, was a favorite of Fortune. He reached the heights that any artist can only dream of: wealth, fame, patronage of the church and monarchs. The master was happily married, nine children were born in the marriage, two of whom also became painters.

An extraordinary biography of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (or otherwise Gianbattista) was born in Venice on March 5, 1696 in a simple, poor family, where besides him there were five other children. The young man became interested in painting early. In 1710, he was already learning its basics from the fashionable artist Gregorio Lazzarini.

In 1717, Giovanni left his teacher’s workshop and became a member of the famous Venetian Guild of Painters. Two years later, the artist married Cecilia Guardi, who was 17 years old at the time. They say that the story of this marriage is very romantic – relatives were against it, and the marriage took place hastily and almost secretly. Nevertheless, it contributed to the recognition of the master – the Guardi family of artists had serious influence in the world of art at that time.

Tiepolo became famous before he even reached the age of 30. Since 1725, the master has had no end of customers. He creates frescoes for the palaces of aristocrats, decorates churches with them and paints secular paintings.

Along with the growth of the artist’s popularity, his style also improves. Gianbattista’s early works are characterized by unbalanced forms and too sharp contrasts of light and shadow. In more mature masterpieces, the style is more expressive, and the colors are more delicate, with many nuances.

From the 40s to the 50s of the 16th century, Tiepolo worked very hard and his works glorified the author throughout Europe. Thanks to his fame, he received an order, which without exaggeration can be called one of the master’s main works: the Bishop of Greifenklau invited him to decorate the Würzburg Residence – an architectural complex in the Baroque style. The residence is located in Germany.

Here the artist paints several rooms and creates the largest frescoes in the world. They are located above the main staircase and occupy an area of ​​more than 600 square meters. The work takes three years. Upon its completion, in 1753, the master again moves to Italy.

The royals also give charity to the painter. In 1761, even the Spanish autocrat Charles III becomes his client. Tiepolo receives his largest order – painting the Madrid Royal Palace. A year later, the elderly master leaves for Madrid. He hopes that his stay in Spain will take no more than two years, but his hopes are not justified. Tiepolo is destined to spend the remaining eight years of his life in a foreign land. He dies on March 27, 1770 and finds peace in the Church of San Martino in Madrid.

During his life, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo painted many masterpieces. His technique, innovative for those times, is fascinating, his imagination amazes, his frescoes and canvases make an indelible impression.

Amazing luck did not leave the master’s works. Today, on world platforms, the estimates of his paintings are breaking records, and experts highly value the investment potential of the artist’s works.