Natale Attanasio
Natale Attanasio (1845 – 1923) was an Italian painter. He painted diverse subjects from period pieces, Oriental fantasies, altarpieces, portraits, and genre works, and worked both in fresco and oil.
Natale Attanasio
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- Born
- 1845 · Catania.
- Died
- 1923 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- painter · scenographer
- Education
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
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Natale Attanasio (1845 – 1923) was an Italian painter. He painted diverse subjects from period pieces, Oriental fantasies, altarpieces, portraits, and genre works, and worked both in fresco and oil.
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Natale Attanasio (1845–1923) was a painter and scenographer, of Italian nationality. The painter was born in Catania and died in Rome.
Natale Attanasio was educated at Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. The painter worked in Naples and Rome.
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In 1874, Attanasio won a stipend from his native Catania to study in Naples at the Institute of Fine Arts under Domenico Morelli, and then moved to Rome. His painting Sunt lacrimae rerum. Le pazze, depicting women at an insane asylum, won the gold medal at the 1891 Exposition of Palermo. Among his other works Bernardo Palissy and the Orfano dell'Annunciata. He died in Rome.
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• Illustration — Portrait of young lady • Illustration — Women at the fields • Illustration — Interior of Harem • Illustration — Temptation of St Jerome • Illustration — The admirer
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1845
Natale Attanasio was born on 24 December 1845.
1923
Natale Attanasio died on 1 January 1923.
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Activity and practice. Attanasio worked at Naples. Attanasio worked at Rome. Recorded as having studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli.
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