Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian painter from Milan who lived from 1527 to 1593. He is known for creating portraits composed entirely of objects from nature like vegetables, fruits, flowers and animals. His most famous works include the four seasons and the four elements, where he depicted human heads and figures made up of natural items associated with each theme. Many of his works can be seen in museums today, including the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Ambras Castle in Innsbruck, and the Louvre in Paris.
2. GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO (1527 – 1593)
Description Italian painter
Date of birth/death 1527 1593
Location of birth/death Milan Milan
Work location Milan/ Viena / Prague
GENERAL INFORMATION
3. WORKS
• Arcimboldo's portraits
of human heads made
up of vegetables,
plants, fruits, sea
creatures and tree
roots.
• His works showed not
only nature and
human beings, but also
how closely they were
related.
4. WHERE CAN WE FIND HIS WORKS?
Kunsthistorisches Museum
(Vienna, Austria)
Ambras Castle
(Innsbruck, Austria)
Louvre Museum
(Paris, France)
Bellas Artes of San Fernando
Museum (Madrid)
Denver Art Museum
(Colorado)
5. HE CREATED THE FOUR SEASONS
(1573)
Spring, 1573
(the third Spring
version), Louvre
Museum, Paris
Summer, 1572,
Kunsthistorisches
Museum Vienna,
Austria
Autumn, 1573,
Louvre Museum,
Paris
Winter, 1573,
oil on canvas,
Louvre
Museum, Paris
6. HE ALSO CREATED THE FOUR
ELEMENTS
Air.
Mady by birds.
Fire.
Mady by multiple
elements
Earth.
Made by Land
Animals.
Water.
Made by Fish
and Sea
animals
