Scrapbook from the Aglio Family

Uploaded 03/10/2012

This Book contained about 150 pictures from a number of artists, notably Agostino Aglio and his son Augustine Aglio. There are also a couple of stunning flower painting by Aglio's daughter Mary. 

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Other names that occur are John Absolon, Peter Strochling, John Foulon, Brewer, E.Bosse, Bentley, E.Goodwin, Nicholson, and Grenier.
Effort has been made to identify artists where signatures are available.

Occasionally, without more consideration, it is difficult to be confident as to whether Agostino or his son was the painter as it seems that Augustine developed a similar signature and on only a few pictures is there evidence of "Junior". After the death of his father Agostino would probably dropped the Junior and it is noticeable how similar his signature became to his father's. 

To generalise, it is assumed that Agostino tended towards Italianate style with ideas for interior decoration and also the pencil portraits and drawings of classical items. The darker scenes of buildings and some landscapes are by Augustine but it is known  that Agostino trained under Campovecchio a well known Italian landscape painter of the time, and did do a number of classical landscapes. At about the age of about seventy five, Agostino had a stroke and spent the last 5 years of his life painting with his left hand. It would be interesting to identify those pictures  if such exist.