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Carlo Crivelli was born between 1430 and 1435 in Venice. His career can only be understood in terms of a distinctive artistic culture that developed in the townships of 'the Marches'.
Crivelli's painting was hard, careful and detailed. Like modern painters of still lifes, he loved to paint fruit. He was expelled from Venice after eloping in 1457. He took refuge in Dalmatia, then returned to Italy; he spent much time wandering among the small towns in the north of Italy and along the shores of the Adriatic. His career was marked by a series of great montages of panels fashionable in Italy at the time. He also painted small devotional panels for private chapels.
Crivelli's work is a wonderful illustration of the strong decorative and plastic tendencies of the end of the 15th century But his style had no future, and his work sank to the level of a provincial convention. He died in 1493 or 1495.
Written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California.
Source:
Phaidon Encyclopedia of Art and Artists
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