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| Pietro Ayres (1794–1878) | ||||||||||
| Born in Savigliano, Ayres was an Italian artist specialising in portraits. In 1812, already a portraitist, he travelled to Russia during the Napoleonic campaign and settled in Moscow. He was appointed court portraitist and established himself within the imperial circle, executing a number of works purely academic in style. Ayres then went to Poland in 1815 and decorated the Wilanów, Gucin, and Morysinek palaces with frescoes and oil paintings, and in 1819, he submitted works at the fine arts exhibition in Warsaw. He returned to Italy and eventually settled in Turin, and in 1830, he was appointed court painter by Carlo Alberto, future king of Sardinia. In 1833, he was appointed professor at the Albertina Academy, and it was during this period that he completed numerous portraits of the royal family and members of the aristocracy, as well as works for various churches and other public buildings in Turin. Ayres later became blind. He died in Turin. | ||||||||||
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