Barbara Castrucci
These are the small landscapes Barbara Castrucci painted near her home in Tuscany. Tuscany is a region in central Italy. Its capital, Florence, is home to some of the world’s most recognizable Renaissance art and architecture, including Michelangelo’s "David" statue, Botticelli’s works in the Uffizi Gallery and the Duomo basilica. Its diverse natural landscape encompasses the rugged Apennine Mountains, the island of Elba’s beaches on the Tyrrhenian Sea and Chianti’s olive groves and vineyards.
Bio
As the daughter of a sculptor, I had my first encounter with art as a child observing my father draw and sculpt.
During my high school years I frequented many of the Florentine workshops and studios which inspired me to become a painter. While still in high school I enrolled in old master painting courses devoting my artistic development to discovering and learning the techniques of the great art of the Flemish, Spanish and Italian masters of the 17th century.
After graduating from high school I studied the 19th century academic tradition of drawing and painting with Rebecca Harp, Marc Dalessio and Leo Mancini Hresko.
“Barbara Castrucci currently teaches drawing, painting and techniques of the Old Masters at The Florence Art Studio.”
My collaboration with American galleries began at the age of 24 , for whom I mainly work on special commission and
Barbara Castrucci began her training as a realist painter at 17 years old in the studio of portraitist Rebecca Harp in Florence than in Marc Dalessio’s private school.
While studying portrait and still life in the naturalistic tradition of the 19th Century British School, Barbara reproduced many of the works of the Great Masters of the past including Caravaggio, Raphael, the Flemish and Spanish 17th Century Masters.
Following the allure of the realistic tradition of portrait painting, the artist became a portraitist working mainly on commission. Her works rest in private collections in Florence and abroad. Other paintings by Barbara Castrucci are shown also. These are the small landscapes Barbara Castrucci painted near her home in Tuscany. Tuscany is a region in central Italy. Its capital, Florence, is home to some of the world’s most recognizable Renaissance art and architecture, including Michelangelo’s "David" statue, Botticelli’s works in the Uffizi Gallery and the Duomo basilica. Its diverse natural landscape encompasses the rugged Apennine Mountains, the island of Elba’s beaches on the Tyrrhenian Sea and Chianti’s olive groves and vineyards.
