Geneve  is an original Lithograph part of the series of prints dedicated to views of the city of  Geneva , engraved by the Italian artist  Antonio Fontanesi .

The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent; 

The  signature  is engraved on the plate on the lower left.

Antonio Fontanesi  (Reggio Emilia, 1818 - Turin, 1882) was an Italian painter, engraver, teacher, and soldier. He was one of the most important 19 th -century Italian painters, though somewhat unknown. After fighting in the I Independence War, he moved to Geneva, where he met local painters that encouraged him to paint landscapes and to open to European artistic novelties. In Paris, he met Corot and Barbizon painters, whilst in London he was influenced by Turner’s and Constable’s works. He taught in Lucca, Turin, and then in Tokyo.

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Geneve  is an original Lithograph part of the series of prints dedicated to views of the city of Geneva , engraved by the Italian artist Antonio Fontanesi .

The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent; 

The signature is engraved on the plate on the lower left.

Antonio Fontanesi (Reggio Emilia, 1818 - Turin, 1882) was an Italian painter, engraver, teacher, and soldier. He was one of the most important 19 th -century Italian painters, though somewhat unknown. After fighting in the I Independence War, he moved to Geneva, where he met local painters that encouraged him to paint landscapes and to open to European artistic novelties. In Paris, he met Corot and Barbizon painters, whilst in London he was influenced by Turner’s and Constable’s works. He taught in Lucca, Turin, and then in Tokyo.

His artworks are very suggestive, rich in lyricism and in melancholic, Romantic and, according to some scholars, Pre-Symbolist atmospheres. Fontanesi observed and studied natural reality to reach a deeper and more universal motive and to find, reflected, human feelings: for this reason, he is considered one of the most emblematic Italian Romantic painters of the European Romantic movement.

He was also a fine draftsman and expert etcher: his etchings and lithographs, like in this case, are characterized by the same research on atmospheric values as in painting, with synthetic and essential light effects.

This is a beautiful artwork, an excellent engraving, depicting a Romantic view on a peculiar place in Geneva.

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SKU
M-111104
Artist
Antonio Fontanesi
Typology
Original Prints
Technique
Lithograph
Period
1900-1909
Signature
Not signed
Conditions
Good (minor cosmetic wear)
Dimensions (cm)
36 x 0.1 x 51.5
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