Artist: Giuseppe Acrimboldo (Italian 1527-1593)

Acrimboldo, Giuseppe Biography Italian oil painter, whose witty allegorical oil paintings foreshadowed 20th-century surrealist art. He began as a designer of stained glass and tapestry in his native Milan; in 1562 he moved to Prague and then to Vienna, where he became oil painter to the Hapsburg court. Arcimboldo invented a portrait type consisting of painted animals, flowers, fruit, and objects composed to form a human likeness. Some are satiric portraits of court personages, and others are allegorical personifications. You can buy Acrimboldo fine art reproduction oil paintings at Bohemian Fine Art. Just select from the top.