Olga's Gallery
Paolo Uccello
(1397 - 1475)
Biography
Paolo di Dono is best known to us by his nickname, Uccello – “the bird”, the origin of which is unclear. Uccello was one of the most versatile founders of the Italian Early Renaissance, although his later reputation did not reflect his true significance, he went out of fashion during his lifetime and was only rediscovered in the XX century. He was originally apprenticed to Ghiberti, whom he assisted in the decoration of the paradise doors of the Florence baptistry. Nothing survives of his contribution to the mosaics of San Marco in Venice, but his frescoes of the Genesis in the Chiostro Verde of Santa Maria Novella in Florence (c. 1430) show that he was a follower of Ghiberti and that he was firmly rooted in the International Gothic style. Read Paolo Uccello's Full Biography
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Equestrian Portrait of Sir John Hawkwood. 1436. Fresco, transferred to canvas. Duomo Cathedral, Florence, Italy. Read Note. 
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The Deluge. c.1939-40. Fresco transferred to canvas. Santa Maria Novella, Chiostro Verde, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
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The Deluge. Detail. . Detail. c.1939-40. Detail.c. 1939-40. Fresco transferred to canvas. Santa Maria Novella, Chiostro Verde, Florence, Italy.
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The Creation of Animals, and the Creation of Man. c.1939-40. Fresco transferred to canvas. Santa Maria Novella, Chiostro Verde, Florence, Italy. Note. Read Note.
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Battle of San Romano. c.1454-57. Left panel. Tempera on wood. National Gallery, London, UK. Read Note.
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Battle of San Romano. 1454-57. Middle panel. Tempera on wood. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
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The Battle of San Romano. c.1454-57. Right panel. Tempera on wood. Louvre, Paris, France. Read Note.
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St. George and the Dragon. c.1460. Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK. Read Note.
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The Hunt in the Forest. c.1465-70. Oil on canvas. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK.
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Five Masters of the Florentine Renaissance (or Fathers of Perspective): Giotto, Uccello, Donatello, Manetti, Brunelleschi. . Tempera on wood. Louvre, Paris, France. The work is belived to be begun by Uccello, but finished later by another painter.
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Giotto. Detail of Five Masters of the Florentine Renaissance (or Fathers of Perspective). . Tempera on wood. Louvre, Paris, France. The work is belived to be begun by Uccello, but finished later by another painter.
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