フィレンツェの北、ムジェッロ地方に生まれ、本名はグイード・ディ・ピエトロです。若くしてドミニコ会の修道士になり、修道士として生きながら絵を描き続けました。澄んだ明るい色と、静かでやさしい人物で知られます。フィレンツェのサン・マルコ修道院の壁画が有名で、のちにはローマでバチカンの礼拝堂もかざり、ローマで亡くなりました。
Fra Angelico was born in the Mugello area, north of Florence. His real name was Guido di Pietro. As a young man he became a Dominican friar, and he kept painting all his life as a member of the order. He is known for clear, bright colors and calm, gentle figures. His frescoes in the Convent of San Marco in Florence are famous. Later he decorated a chapel in the Vatican, and he died in Rome.
