Giuseppe De Nittis, pittore della vita moderna

Giuseppe De Nittis, pittore della vita moderna

Milan, Palazzo Reale – until June 30^th, 2024

Walking with De Nittis into striking landscape paintings.

The first solo exhibition of De Nittis hosted at the Royal Palace in Milan.
Giuseppe De Nittis was the only Italian who took part in the first Impressionist Exhibition in the Parisian Studio of Nadar. It was the year 1874 and he displayed five of his paintings.
He was committed to a naturalistic art that explored the changing play of light. He frequently painted snow scenes, showing solitary figures in wintry streets or parks and the backgrounds are newly constructed areas of Paris, London fogs, Italian sunshine scenes, or unexpected views on Swiss Lakes.

Giuseppe de Nittis lived a short life, at age 38, he suddenly died from a stroke in 1884. According to the will, his widow Léontine donated a large part of his paintings to his native town Barletta in the Southern Italian region of Apulia.

His art approach was far away from the rigid rules of the academic art. Come and join a private guided tour to see the masterful command of light and shade by De Nittis. https://privatemilantours.com/contatto/