The Suburb of Porta Adriana, Ravenna

1875 · Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome

landscape

Of the Macchiaioli, only Signorini consistently painted scenes of contemporary urban life. In the present work, both Signorini's choice of subject and his bright, fresh technique constituted an affinity with Impressionist paintings of a similar kind. Of all the Macchiaioli, Signorini was the most open to Impressionism.

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About the Artist

Telemaco Signorini

1835 – 1901

Italian painter, writer, critic, illustrator, etcher and teacher. He was a major figure of the Macchiaioli group, painting primarily landscapes, seascapes and street scenes in towns and villages in Tuscany and Liguria. As with many of the Macchiaioli, he did not always date his paintings, and their chronology must be deduced from exhibition catalogues and other contemporary sources. As a writer and critic he was the most ardent spokesman for, and promoter of, the Macchiaioli and wrote with insight and cutting wit about the art world of the second half of the 19th century.

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