Vito D'Ancona
Vito D'Ancona (born August 12, 1825 in Pesaro , † January 9, 1884 in Florence ) was an Italian painter of realism and member of the Macchiaioli group.
Vito D'Ancona came from a wealthy Jewish family. He began his artistic training in Florence with the engraver Samuel Jesi. From 1844 he studied at the Florentine Art Academy with Giuseppe Bezzuoli .
Together with his friend, the painter Serafino De Tivoli (1825-1892), he shared an interest in the new trends, especially impressionism and open-air painting .
In 1848 he took part in the procession of a thousand under Giuseppe Garibaldi .
In 1850 he joined the Macchiaioli artist group that met at the Caffè Michelangelo in Florence, directed by Telemaco Signorini .
D'Ancona spent the period from 1867 to 1874 with his family in Paris . Together with Serafino De Tivoli, Giuseppe De Nittis and Giovanni Boldini , he joined the local Italian artist community. His works were influenced by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot and Gustave Courbet . In 1870 he stayed in London for a short time. Then he returned home to Florence. Because of his poor health, he stopped painting after 1878.
literature
- Broude, Norma (1987): The Macchiaioli: Italian Painters of the Nineteenth Century . New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-03547-0 .
- Steingräber, E., & G. Matteucci (1984): The Macchiaioli: Tuscan Painters of the Sunlight: March 14 - April 20, 1984 . New York: Stair Sainty Matthiesen in association with Matthiesen, London. OCLC 70337478 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | D'Ancona, Vito |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter of realism and member of the Macchiaioli group |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pesaro |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1884 |
| Place of death | Florence |