- List of Roman Catholic Church artists
This list of Catholic
art ists concerns artists known largely or primarily for works of Roman Catholic religious art, a subset ofChristian art in general. It may also include artists whose position as a Roman Catholic priest or missionary was vital to their artistic works or development. Because of the title it's preferred that in least some of their artwork be in Catholic churches.Note that this is "not" a list of all artists who have ever been members of the Roman Catholic Church. Please do not add entries here without providing support for those artists having specifically Roman Catholic artistic themes in their art, or having Roman Catholicism as a major aspect in their careers as artists.
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Cherubino Alberti , director of the Vatican authorizedAccademia di San Luca who did work for chapels.
*Matteo Perez d'Aleccio , member of theAccademia di San Luca who did a fresco at theSistine Chapel .
*Fra Angelico , also abeatified person
*Kiko Argüello , An initiator of theNeocatechumenal Way who has done church art.
*Jean Denis Attiret , French Jesuit missionary who did paintings for the Cathedral ofAvignon and was later honored by theQianlong Emperor .
*Giovanni Baglione , many of his works are in theBasilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
*Giovanni Francesco Barbieri ,St. Petronilla Altarpiece
*Bartolommeo Bandinelli ,Bas-relief s in the choir of the cathedral of Florence.
*Fra Bartolommeo , member of aDominican order did "The Vision of St Bernard"
*Pompeo Batoni , "Return of the Prodigal Son"
*Giovanni Bellini , did "Altarpiece with St Vincent Ferrar"
*Gian Lorenzo Bernini , did theEcstasy of St Theresa inSanta Maria della Vittoria .
*Jiao Bingzhen , painter who played a role in theChinese Rites controversy
*Maurice Boitel , painter of evangelical scenes,
*Hieronymus Bosch , didThe Haywain Triptych that hangs in the San Lorenzo monastery atEl Escorial .
*Sandro Botticelli , didMadonna and Child with an Angel (Botticelli)
*Caravaggio , did The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew in theSan Luigi dei Francesi and other religious works.
*Annibale Carracci , Assumption of the Virgin in theSanta Maria del Popolo .
*Giuseppe Castiglione , a member of theSociety of Jesus sent toChina as a missionary. He also did wall paintings in Jesuit churches inPortugal andMacau . [http://www.npm.gov.tw/english/collections/p041.htm]
*Benvenuto Cellini , "Employed at the papal mint atRome during the papacy ofPope Clement VII and later ofPope Paul III "
*Il Cerano, did paintings of theQuadroni of St. Charles .
*Cimabue , crucifix atBasilica di Santa Croce di Firenze .
*James Collinson , Convert and Pre-Raphaelite who did "Renunciation of St. Elizabeth of Hungary."
*Jacques Courtois (Jesuit), "he painted, in theCistercian monastery, the "Miracle of the Loaves."
*Marie-Alain Couturier (Dominican friar), Stained glass and sacred art in modern form.
*Salvador Dalí , created numerous large-scale religious compositions starting in the late 1940s, around the time of his repatriation in Spain.
*Sylvia Daoust , did work forMary, Queen of the World Cathedral and most of her work is religious.
*Fra Diamante ,Carmelite friar who did religious frescoes at his convent. (Convent is the correct term for male friars' house)
*Duccio ,Maestà (1308-11), his masterpiece, was for Siena's cathedral.
*François Duquesnoy , Statues forSt. Peter's Basilica .
*Albrecht Dürer , painter andpolymath (friend ofPhilipp Melanchthon and sympathetic toLutheranism , but most agree stayed Catholic. [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/069103978X] )
*Czesław Dźwigaj , Monuments toPope John Paul II .
*Piero della Francesca , hisThe History of the True Cross is in theBasilica of San Francesco inArezzo .
*Antoni Gaudí , architect ofSagrada Família (there are efforts to have himbeatified )
*Giotto di Bondone , many religious works with the best regarded perhaps being hisCappella degli Scrovegni in the "Arena Chapel." [http://www.cappelladegliscrovegni.it/pagina_eng.asp?ind=storia_eng.asp]
*Lavinia Fontana , "Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata", (1579 , Diocesan Seminary,Bologna )
*Ernst Fuchs, A founder of theVienna School of Fantastic Realism who converted to Catholicism and did the cycle "Mysteries of the Holy Rosary."
*Fede Galizia , altarpiece for Saint Maria Maddalena Church and paintings related to theBook of Judith . (primarily did still-lifes)
*Geertgen tot Sint Jans , 15th century painter from the Low Countries
*Artemisia Gentileschi , "Judith Beheading Holofernes", "Virgin Mary and Baby with Rosary", and work withPope Urban VIII .
*Joseph Hansom , English architect who worked onArundel Cathedral .
*Maria Innocentia Hummel , Nun/artist
*Jean Jouvenet , "Magnificat" in the choir of Notre-Dame. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08528a.htm]
*William Kurelek , convert from Orthodoxy noted for paintings of Christ. [http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1997/279723.shtml]
*Filippo Lippi , Carmelite who painted for a convent chapel at Prato. This allegedly led to an affair which led to his sonFilippino Lippi .
*Filippino Lippi , his frescoes depicting the life ofPhilip the Apostle are in theBasilica di Santa Maria Novella .
*Andrea Mantegna -The Lamentation over the Dead Christ
*Tommaso Masaccio , Virgin and Child with St. Anne
*Michelangelo Buonarotti ,Sistine Chapel work
*Michelozzo , numerous statues of saints found at Basilicas in Italy.
*Francesco Mochi , has sculptures inSt. Peter's Basilica .
*Lorenzo Monaco ,Camaldolese painter who did a notedPredella .
*Bartolomé Estéban Murillo , "He is best known for his Roman Catholic religious works."
*Guido Nincheri , artists for Catholic churches in Canada.Pope Pius XI named him Knight-Commander of the Order of Saint-Sylvester. [http://collections.ic.gc.ca/nincheri/en-biography.html]
*Baldassare Peruzzi , ceiling decorations at the Vatican, an altar at Siena, etc.
*Francis Petre , Catholic architect of cathedrals inNew Zealand .
*Sebastiano del Piombo , Raising of Lazarus, and the altarpiece forChigi Chapel .
*Pinturicchio , worked with several Popes and did frescoes for the Cathedral of Siena.
*Antonio del Pollaiuolo , "St. Sebastian" and work at theBasilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze .
*Augustus Pugin , Catholic convert did interior ofSaint Chad's Cathedral .
*Raphael , Transfiguration which is now housed in the Pinacoteca Vaticana ofVatican City .
*Ivan Ranger , Monastic noted for paintings in churches, chapels, and monasteries.
*Antoniazzo Romano , Decoration of theVatican Palace and frescoes inSanta Maria sopra Minerva
*Georges Rouault , noted for paintings of Christ.
*Peter Paul Rubens , Catholic convert, has works inSaint Bavo Cathedral andOnze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp .
*Stanislaw Samostrzelnik , Polish painter of frescos in Catholic churches.
*Jacopo Sansovino , the statue "Madonna del Parto" in theSant'Agostino (Rome) .
*Andrea del Sarto , paintings for theBasilica della Santissima Annunziata di Firenze .
*Martin Schongauer , an engraver, "His subjects are always religious" "Christi Geburt", "Maria im Rosenhag", etc.
*Johann Paul Schor , worked onDuomo di Siena
*Domingo Antonio de Sequeira , "Descent from the Cross" and works at the convent of Laveinas.
*Gino Severini , associated withFuturism (art) he was honored by theAccademia di San Luca for church mosaics. [http://www.en.cortonaguide.com/severini_gino.html]
*Luca Signorelli , "His masterpiece is considered to be his fresco of the Last Judgment (1499) in Orvieto Cathedral."
*Etsuro Sotoo , sculptor withSagrada Família
*Mary Stanisia , Member of theSchool Sisters of Notre Dame who did paintings for theRoman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend .
*Giovanni Strazza's Veiled Virgin , a sculpture by Strazza delivered to BishopJohn T. Mullock
*Bernardo Strozzi , A Capuchin for several years he did "Christ Giving the Keys of Heaven to St. Peter."
*Tintoretto , contributed "Marriage at Cana" to theBasilica di Santa Maria della Salute .
*Titian , most represented artist in the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, was at theCouncil of Trent
*Santi di Tito , "Vision of Saint Thomas Aquinas"
*Paolo Uccello , "Nun-Saint with Two Children", "Life of the Holy Fathers", etc.
*Hubert van Eyck , worked onGhent Altarpiece
*Jan van Eyck , also worked on the Ghent Altarpiece
*Domenico Veneziano , "St. Lucy Altarpiece"
*Paolo Veronese , "The Adoration of the Magi" on the ceiling of the Capella del Rosario
*Leonardo da Vinci , "The Last Supper "
*Federico Zuccari , Pauline chapel of the Vatican and "The Last Judgement"
*Francisco Zurbarán , The great altarpiece of St.Thomas Aquinas and paintings ofCarthusian sExternal links
* [http://www.catholicreligiousart.com/ Catholic religious art.com]
* [http://www.wga.hu/index1.html Web Gallery of Art (Churches and Church Collections, excepting Britain or Germany, largely Roman Catholic)]
* [http://www.andersonchristianart.org/ Anderson Christian Art] official website
* [http://www.religious.marksanislo.com/] American Mark Sanislo Catholic Church Artistee also
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