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Francesco Paolo Michetti
Going to market. Michetti, 19th Century. Impressionism Figurative Painting
1872

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Oil on panel 48 x 43 with frame 24 x 19 cm without frame On the back: stamp “Vieille M. de couleurs….Paris” The art of Francesco Paolo Michetti encompassed a wide variety of themes both secular and religious. In addition to the stricter religious themes that portrayed the grand processions as well as worshipers at prayer, the painter also intently explored more domestic themes of the people in the Abruzzo region. He was driven by an almost documentary- style ambition to fully capture the realism and purity of life in the country to which he dedicated much of his time. Michetti’s most powerful subjects were the more impoverished humble folk, treated however with the utmost dignity and decorum. Here the three figures are depicted in their traditional costumes – a symbol of their role as custodians of a cultural simplicity linked to the rural and pastoral world that lay far beyond the reach of modern society. The painting, completed in 1872, was given to the artist's fellow countryman Torquato De Felice, and sent to the United States where his friend had become Professor of Art at the University of Syracuse. The painting is a testament to truthful and honest way of life preserved at that time. Michetti was born on 2nd October 1851 in Tocco Casauria which at the time was in the province of Chieti, but is now in the province of Pescara. He attended a technical Institute and showed a particular talent for painting. He developed this talent during his years at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Naples where he became the student of Domenico Morelli initially, and subsequently, of Filippo Palizzi. In 1872 he took part in the Paris Salon and again in 1875 and 1877. In 1878 he showed at the Esposizione Universale of Paris, in 1880 at the I Esposizione Internazionale of modern paintings of the Società Raffaello in Florence, and at the Paris Salon. In 1881 he showed at the Esposizione Nazionale of Milan. In 1895 the painting La figlia di Jorio (Jorio's daughter) won a prize at the I Venice Biennale. From this moment on the painter's participation in public exhibitions became more and more sporadic, and he spent longer and longer periods of isolation in the convent of Francavilla. In 1901 the artist, already famous, was elected President of the Accademia di Belle Arti of Naples, and in 1909 he was nominated senator by King Victor Emanuel III, on the advice of Giolitti. The year after Michetti agreed to send fifteen landscapes to the Venice Biennale. It was his last public appearance. The painter died of pneumonia in the convent of Francavilla on 5th March 1929.

Creator:
Francesco Paolo Michetti (1851 - 1929, Italian)
Creation Year:
1872
Dimensions:
Height: 18.9 in (48 cm)Width: 16.93 in (43 cm)
Medium:
Oil,Panel
Movement & Style:
Impressionist
Period:
19th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Modena, IT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU49231914633

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