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.

Biography

In 1874, Attanasio won a stipend from his native

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

to study in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

at the Institute of Fine Arts under

Domenico Morelli Domenico Morelli (4 August 182313 August 1901) was an Italian painter, who mainly produced historical and religious works. Morelli was immensely influential in the arts of the second half of the 19th century, both as director of the Accademia di ...

, 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

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. Among his other works ''Bernardo Palissy'' and the ''Orfano dell'Annunciata''. He died in Rome.Chi è?
Annuario biografico Italiano, 1908, page 181.

Gallery

Attanasio Ritratto di giovane signora.jpg, Portrait of young lady Natale Attanasio - Donne per i campi.jpg, Women at the fields Natale Attanasio - Interior de harém.jpg, Interior of Harem Natale Attanasio - Le tentazioni di San Girolamo.jpg, Temptation of St Jerome Natale Attanasio Der Verehrer 1895.jpg, The admirer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Attanasio, Natale 1845 births 1923 deaths People from Catania 19th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian painters Painters from Sicily