Art gallery of ontario michelangelo biography

Michelangelo: Quest for Genius tells the story of Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (b....

TORONTO—Michelangelo Buonarroti (b.

Let's start with the indisputable fact: Michelangelo was a genius, be it as an artist, an architect or a highly accomplished poet.

Michelangelo: Quest for Genius tells the story of Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti (b.

Michelangelo was an Italian Old Masters artist who was born in His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Royal Academy of Arts in.

Michelangelo Pistoletto was born in Biella in His artistic training began in the studio of his father, a painter and restorer, where he went to work.

Witness Michelangelo’s creative struggle at the Art Gallery of Ontario this fall

AGO offers once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see works on paper by Michelangelo

TORONTO—Michelangelo Buonarroti (b.

1475), one of the world’s most celebrated artists, pays a visit to Toronto this fall at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). Despite his enduring fame, Michelangelo was dogged by relentless struggle, disappointment and even defeat throughout his 77-year career.

Due to the fickle demands of important patrons, many of his most ambitious projects remained unfinished. Revealed through a selection of rare drawings, Michelangelo: Quest for Genius tells the story of a Renaissance master and the frustrations of his creative process. Michelangelo: Quest for Genius opens in Toronto on Oct.

18, 2014, and runs until Jan. 11, 2015.

Organized by the AGO in collaboration with the Casa Buonarroti, Florence, whose collection is formed from Michelangelo’s own, t