Luca Cambiaso also known as Luca Cambiasi - Cangiagio (1527 - 1585)

• Was an Italian painter and draftsman.

• Cambiaso was the leading artist in Genoa in the 16th century.

• He is considered the founder of the Genoese school who established the local tradition of historical fresco painting through his many decorations of Genoese churches and palaces.

• He produced a number of poetic night scenes.

• He was a prolific draughtsman who sometimes reduced figures to geometric forms.

• He was familiarly known as Lucchetto da Genova.

• Cambiaso was a prolific draftsman.

• In his early drawings Cambiaso showed a preference for bold foreshortenings and exaggerated gestures.

• In the mid-1560s he began to draw in a simplified, geometric style that may have been inspired by similar works by Albrecht Dürer and other German artists.

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