Natale Attanasio | |
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| Born | 24 December 1845  |
| Died | 1923 (aged 77–78) |
| Resting place | Campo Verano |
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 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.[1]
Gallery
Portrait of young lady
Women at the fields
Interior of Harem
Temptation of St Jerome
The admirer
References
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