Pedrocco titian biography
About the Author....
In a long life of nearly ninety years he painted hundreds of canvases, ranging from moving and intense religious images, through penetratingly psychological.
Tiziano Vecellio was born into a middle class family in the mountain town of Pieve di Cadore in the Republic of Venice around 1490. He travelled to Venice as a young boy to be a student within the studio of the painter and mosaicist Sebastiano Zuccati.
He then went on to the tutelage of Gentile Bellini, and then on to his brother, and the more successful Bellini, Giovanni. From Giovanni he learnt all about Venetian colore and the density of figures.
Giovanni Bellini, San Zaccaria Altarpiece, 1505, oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 402 x 273 cm, San Zaccaria, Venice.
He also met several other artists such as Giorgione and Sebastiano del Piombo.
Titian.The young Titian once again changed studios to that of the younger Venetian artist Giorgione.
Giorgione, Tempest, c. 1505, oil on canvas, 82 x 73 cm, Gallerie dell’ Accademia, Venice.