Scuola di Resina – Inner Surfaces

Terraces: Two Short Studies (Thomas Fearnley and the Neapolitan Tradition)

Thomas Fearnley and the Terrace Thomas Fearnley travelled to Naples in the spring of 1833 before making an extended journey through Sicily. His Italian itinerary also took in Capri, Sorrento, Amalfi and Castellammare, places already familiar to northern European artists and, in several cases, to his mentor Johan Christian Dahl. David Jackson has stressed, however,Continue reading “Terraces: Two Short Studies (Thomas Fearnley and the Neapolitan Tradition)”

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.”