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Cowboys And Herds In The Maremma
''Cowboys and Herds in the Maremma'' is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian artist Giovanni Fattori, signed and dated 1893. It is held in the Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, in Livorno, which also houses two preparatory drawings for the work. Another preparatory sketch is in the Uffizi, in Florence. History Fattori also produced ''Cowboys and Flocks in Maremma'' (1894), ''Flock Herders'' (1894) and ''Head of a Cowboy'' on similar subjects – the third of these was exhibited in a Fattori retrospective exhibition in Florence in 1987. ''Cowboys'' was on the largest size of canvas available to him, which he only otherwise used for battle scenes and ''Market at San Godenzo''. He exhibited it at the Venice Biennale in 1903, the Rome Biennale in 1921, the retrospective of Fattori's work in 1953, the Florence exhibition on the Macchiaioli in 1976 and the ''Il lavoro dell'uomo da Goya a Kandinskij'' at the Vatican (1991–1992). Description Fattori's palette in this painting is basic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Fattori
Giovanni Fattori (September 6, 1825August 30, 1908) was an Italian artist, one of the leaders of the group known as the Macchiaioli. He was initially a painter of historical themes and military subjects. In his middle years, inspired by the Barbizon school, he became one of the leading Italian plein-airists, painting landscapes, rural scenes, and scenes of military life. After 1884, he devoted much energy to etching. Biography Youth and training Fattori was born in modest circumstances in Livorno. His early education was rudimentary and his family initially planned for him to study for a qualification in commerce, but his skill in drawing persuaded them to apprentice him in 1845 to Giuseppe Baldini (1807–1876), a local painter of religious themes and genre subjects. The following year he moved to Florence where he first studied under Giuseppe Bezzuoli and, later in the year, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. At that time, however, his energies were directed less towa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
