Giuseppe Ferrari

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Date of Birth: (Українська) 1840
Place of residence: (Українська) Італія

Giuseppe Ferrari (1840-1905) – Italian artist. Born in Rome in 1843 in the family of Rieti, son of Giuseppe and Maddalena Mikontelli.

In 1863 he entered the Academy of San Luca, becoming a student of Alessandro Marini. In the mid-1970s, he made several trips to North Africa and the Middle East, fascinated by the landscapes of the places he depicted in many of his paintings, which are characterized by a desire to illuminate these places on canvas. In 1877 he went to London, where he studied the paintings of W. Turner and D. Constable, confirming his interest in landscapes and the study of lighting. In the late 1990s, he joined the group “In arte libertas”, which tried to oppose the capital’s academicism. In 1904 he founded the XXV group of the Roman village with Enrico Coleman, Honorato Carlandi and others.

Ferrari’s interest in landscapes added interest in portraits, the genre in which he is best known. Beginning in 1901, his presence in a picturesque studio in Rome was documented. The studio was surrounded by many students, including many artists, where the main genre of painting was portraiture, through which Ferrari is now considered one of the best representatives of the genre of the nineteenth century. In 1905, shortly before his death, the artist invited some of his students, including Marazzi, to spend the summer season at his villa in Rieti, where they could continue their studies and work in his rural studio.

He died shortly thereafter, right in Rieti, in August of that year.

Collections:

Many Ferrari paintings are stored in Italian museums, including:

Rieti City Museum;

National Gallery of Contemporary Art in Rome;

Milan Gallery of Contemporary Art;

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