Giovanni Fattori

The Italian painter and printmaker Giovanni Fattori, born in Livorno and deceased in Florence, is one of the representatives of the Macchiaioli movement. In Florence, he frequents the Caffè Michelangiolo, a meeting place for artists and a venue for debates about art. At the beginning of his career, he creates historical and romantic subjects within the academic framework of his time; Mary Stuart at the Field of Crookstone is dated to around 1860. In 1859, he takes up episodes of the Risorgimento as part of the Concours Ricasoli, which he wins with The Italian Camp after the Battle of Magenta, held at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Florence according to the source.

His stays in Castiglioncello, until 1875, are associated with the development of a painting attentive to landscapes observed from life and to outdoor portraiture, in which colour “patches” take on increasing importance. The source also describes a gradual move away from Romantic chiaroscuro in favour of precise contrasts of light and colour. The landscapes and inhabitants of the Maremma, as well as military life, recur in his work: Herds of the Maremma or The Butteri (1893) refers to the former, while The Man Who Lost His Stirrup (1882) relates to the latter. La Rotonda di Palmieri (1866), held at the Pitti Palace, is among the works mentioned. Alongside painting, Fattori practises watercolour and etching.

From 1869, he teaches painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence; in 1902, he directs the institution’s Scuola Libera di Nudo. He exhibits regularly at the Venice Biennale from its first edition, in 1895. According to the source, the Gallery of Modern Art at the Pitti Palace holds fifty works by the artist.

Works recorded at auction

Dobiaschofsky · Lot 2535

Copy

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Kopie
Öl auf Leinwand

Catalogue period : 2020-11-07

Published result : 220 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 400

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Schuler · Lot 3107

Kavallerieeinheit vor dem Manöver

Pastel

Original catalogue wording

Kavallerieeinheit vor dem Manöver
pastel

Catalogue period : 2015-06-19

Published result : 5000 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 1400–1800

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Zofingen · Lot 2595

Dans le goût de Fattori Giovanni — Karabinier zu Pferd

Watercolour on paper

Original catalogue wording

Dans le goût de Fattori Giovanni — Karabinier zu Pferd
Aquarell auf Papier
in der Art

Catalogue period : 2023-11-25

In the manner of

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

Estimate : CHF 250

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Piguet

D’après Giovanni Fattori — Sermon de Saint Jean-Baptiste devant Hérode,

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

D’après Giovanni Fattori — Sermon de Saint Jean-Baptiste devant Hérode,
huile sur toile
d'après

Catalogue period : 2021-03-02 — 2021-03-17

After

Published result : 3500 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 2000–3000

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Dobiaschofsky · Lot 523

Attribué à GIOVANNI FATTORI — Kavallerist mit Pferd auf einer Wiese.

Oil on hardboard

Original catalogue wording

Attribué à GIOVANNI FATTORI — Kavallerist mit Pferd auf einer Wiese.
Öl auf Htf
zugeschrieben

Date to be documented

Attributed

Published result : 900 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 1800

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