Federico Zandomeneghi

Federico Zandomeneghi (Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːko ddzandoˈmeːneɡi]; June 2, 1841 – December 31, 1917) was an Italian Impressionist painter.

Biography

Federico Zandomeneghi was born in

By 1866, Zandomeneghi had returned to Venice.[2] In 1871 Pompeo Molmenti wrote glowing assessments of three young Venetian painters: Guglielmo Ciardi, Alessandro Zezzos, and Zandomeneghi.^[3] In 1872, he would travel to Rome and paint one of his masterworks; I poverini sui gradini dell'Ara Coeli.^[4]

In 1874, he went to Paris, where he was to spend nearly the rest of his life. He quickly made the acquaintance of the Impressionists, who had just had their first group exhibition. Zandomeneghi, whose style of painting was similar to theirs, would participate in four of their later exhibitions, in 1879, 1880, 1881, and 1886. Like his close friend Edgar Degas he was primarily a figure painter, although Zandomeneghi's work was more sentimental in character than Degas'. He also admired the work of Mary Cassatt and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and his many paintings of women in their domestic routines follow their example.^[5] To supplement the meager returns from the sale of his paintings, Zandomeneghi found work drawing illustrations for

He took up working in

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  Impressions of Rome, 1872
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  In Bed, 1878
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  Mother and Daughter, 1879. Oil on canvas
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  Awakening, c. 1880
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  Place d'Anvers, Paris, 1880
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  Languor, c. 1890
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  Mathilde, c. 1890
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  The Last Glance, c. 1890
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  Promenade, c. 1890
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  Cycling, 1896

Notes

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References

• ISBN 0-300-03547-0
• Steingräber, Erich; Matteucci, Giuliano (1984). The Macchiaioli: tuscan painters of the sunlight. New York: Stair Sainty Matthiesen Gallery.