Artist
Augusto Nicodemo
b. 1761
Augusto Nicodemo is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Augusto Nicodemo was born in Rastatt.
Augusto Nicodemo kept a studio in Naples that smelled of turpentine and burnt coffee—artists there drank espresso straight from the pot to stay awake. His portraits have this sharp trick: they make the paint itself seem to breathe, like skin warmed by sunlight. He painted Jacob Philipp Hackert, the famous landscape painter, not in a grand pose but leaning over a table, sleeves rolled up, as if the real work happens in the quiet moments.
Works by Augusto Nicodemo
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The Gemäldegalerie is an art museum in Berlin, Germany, and the museum where the main selection of paintings belonging to the Berlin State Museums is displayed. It was first opened in 1830, and the…