Giovanni Fattori

Giovanni Fattori ( born October 25, 1825 Livorno; † August 30, 1908 in Florence) was an Italian painter. He was a representative of the group of artists macchiaioli.

Life

He came from middle-class family and studied with Giuseppe Baldini in Livorno and from 1846 at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. In Florence he studied with Giuseppe Bezzuoli and especially the frescoes by Ghirlandaio and Filippino Lippi. 1848/49 he took part in the independence movement. Under the influence of Giovanni Costa ( Nino Costa), he joined the macchiaioli, operate the remote from the academic painting of their time realistic plein air painting. He was friends with the representatives of macchiaioli Telemaco Signorini, Adriano Cecioni, Vincenzo Cabianca and Cristiano Banti. In a competition for a battle scene, he went in 1861 as the winner ( The Italian field after the battle of Magenta, now in the Galleria d Arte Moderna, Florence). In 1875 he was briefly in Paris, where he was influenced by Camille Corot and Edouard Manet admired. 1873 to 1880 he painted in the Campagna and 1880-1890 in the Maremma area of Tuscany. In 1895 he became professor of landscape painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence.

He painted landscapes, rural scenes, and was known for realistic battle scenes (such as the fallers Reiter, 1880, Galleria d' Arte Moderna, Florence). Other important works include The Red carts ( Pinacoteca di Brera ) and the portrait of his cousin Argia (1861, Galleria d' Arte Moderna, Florence). He painted some pictures on the lids of cigar boxes.

Although it has been attributed to the macchiaioli, but joined them late and never quite at. His taste was trained classically - Colacicchi calls him the most classical painter among the Neoklassikern and Romantics of the 19th century in Italy. He was all his life to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism to. In 1891 he wrote a polemic against the pointillism.

Gallery

Portrait of cousin Argia

Farmer with bullock carts

The evening prayer

Farmhouse in countryside at Livorno

Tower of Magnale

Arno At Bellariva

Mounted Shepherd with herd of bulls

The Rotonde by Palmieri 1866

Women in the Garden of Castiglioncello

Cavalry

Break in Maremma with farmers and ox team

Road in the Campagna with farm workers and soldiers

Highlight of young bulls