Giuseppe de nittis
Italian, 1846-1884
Italian painter, pastellist and printmaker. Throughout his career he was committed to a plein-air aesthetic and was particularly interested in rendering varying light effects, a concern that brought him into contact with the Impressionists. He was also acquainted with the members of the Macchiaioli, for whom his work was influential. In addition to oils, he experimented with printmaking and made innovative use of pastels. Practising a restrained, and therefore 'acceptable', form of Impressionism, Related Paintings of Giuseppe de nittis :. | Lake of thte Four Cantons (nn02) | Presso al lago by Giuseppe de Nittis (1848-1884) oil painting (1880), Pinacotecca De Nittis, Barletta, Italy | Oil painting Lungo l'Ofanto (1870) by Giuseppe de Nittis (1848-1884), Pinacoteca De Nittis, Barletta, Italy | La Patineuse | breakfast in the garden | Related Artists: gittadiniIn Venezia, 1585, in duodecimo. Cittadini was born in Rome, and died at Florence, 1622, William Henry Furness (1802-1896) was an American clergyman, theologian, reformer and abolitionist. Following the American Civil War, he raised funds for Black schools in the South, including Morehouse College.
A graduate of the Theological Department of Harvard University, Furness became the Minister of the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia at the age of 22. A close friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Furness presided over a period marked by the growth and increasing prosperity for First Church. A fiery abolitionist, Furness was a supporter of the rights of all segments of society, including African-Americans and Jews. He also lived to see the construction of the current church building in 1885 in the role of Minister Emeritus.
Rev. Furness was the father of painter William Furness, Shakespearean scholar Horace Howard Furness, architect Frank Furness, and author and translator Annis Furness Lee.
Thomas MellishBritish, 1778
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