Pitloo, portrait by Pieter van Hanselaere (c. 1814). Source: Wikipedia. Even if one were to grant Pitloo only what is evident in his redemption of landscape from the servitude of mannerism and convention, the arts, newly guided toward a beauty drawn from the true, would owe him immense gratitude. But there is more. Pitloo tookContinue reading “Anton Sminck Van Pitloo (1790–1837): Between Rome, Naples, and Northern Europe.”
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Giuseppe De Nittis: Light, Air and Modern Life.
Léontine in canotto/ Léontine in a rowing boat (1874), oil on panel, 24×54 cm, Private collection. Self-Portrait (ca.1883) Pastel on canvas, 114×88 cm, Palazzo della Marra, Barletta. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons). Giuseppe De Nittis: “A happy man who would have wished everyone around him to be equally happy.” Jeanne Mairet, Souvenirs, 1907. De Nittis was aContinue reading “Giuseppe De Nittis: Light, Air and Modern Life.”
Antonio Mancini – Hunger and Fame (la fame e la fama).
‘…a dodici anni mi recai a Napoli, dove rimasi fino ad adulto. Io giunsi a Napoli in pessimo arnese. La fame era allora molta, ma scarsa la fama…’ ‘…at twelve years old, I went to Naples, where I stayed until adulthood. I arrived in Naples in terrible shape. At the time, there was a lotContinue reading “Antonio Mancini – Hunger and Fame (la fame e la fama).”
Giuseppe Casciaro (1861-1941) –an introduction with context.
Giuseppe Casciaro’s first lessons were with Paolo Emilio Stasi from Spongano in Puglia. As Stasi’s artistic importance, and hence his influence on Casciaro, seems a little understated in the literature, it is worth emphasising that he was a versatile painter who captured various aspects of the people and landscapes of Salento. Vito Carbonara justly refersContinue reading “Giuseppe Casciaro (1861-1941) –an introduction with context.”
Inner Surfaces 