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Giuseppe De Nigris (1832 – 1903) was an Italian painter, who depicted genre, Neo-Pompeian, and still-life subjects. ==Biography== He was born in Foggia. In 1848, he left, along with Vincenzo Dattoli, to study in Rome. He was arrested for suspected seditious activity.〔(Fondazione Banca del Monte ); Risorgimento - Parte seconda by prof. Gianfranco Piemontese.〕 Repatriated, he moved to Naples, where he had studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples under Giuseppe Mancinelli.〔(Istituto Matteucci ) biography.〕 He was able to return to Rome in 1859, when Domenico Morelli gave him a letter to allow him to work in the studio of Achille Vertunni. A year later he returned to Naples, which was in patriotic ferment. Among his works exhibited in Naples were ''Canzone d' amore'', ''L'ultima Messa'', ''Le cieche operaie'', and ''Vino e donna''. In 1887 at Venice, he displayed ''Il primo ritratto''.〔(''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti'' ), by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 329.〕 He painted two still-life arrangements on a bright background presently in England.〔(Two still life paintings at the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. )〕 He was influenced in his still life work by Gioacchino Toma. In Neapolitan exhibitions, he displayed ''Christ in the Garden'' (1855) and ''Ossian e Malvina'' (1859). After the 1860s, his subject matter included patriotic and genre themes, in addition to neopompeian subjects. Among the works were ''Il Campanello della Parrochia'';〔(Province of Naples ) artwork: Il Campanello della Parrochia.〕 ''La mano del ladro'';〔(Province of Naples ) artwork ''The Hand of the Thief''.〕 ''Garibaldi dicente: che tristo destino degli uomini lo scannarsi fra loro'' (1862, Naples); ''La processione di penitenza nelle catacombe di Napoli'' (1880); ''Piccoli gladiatori pompeiani'' (1870, Parma); ''Last day of Pompei'' (1873, Vienna); ''Ultima messa'' (1878, Paris); ''Manichino'' (1892, Florence); and ''Lo studio del frenologo Gall'' (1894, Rome).〔(Istituto Matteucci ) short biography.〕 He was highly prolific in exhibitions, participating in many foreign exhibits including London (1888) and Melbourne (1880). He completed a four patriotic canvases: ''Garibaldi dicente'', ''Le impressioni di un quadro'', ''Garibaldi a Caprera'', ''I morti di Mentana'', and ''Les merveilles du Chassepot''.〔(Province of Naples ) artwork ''Les merveilles du Chassepot''.〕 De Nigris died in Naples in 1903. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giuseppe De Nigris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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