Fontanesi, Antonio

Japanese: フォンタネージ（英語表記）Fontanesi， Antonio

Born: February 23, 1818 in Reggio Emilia
Died April 17, 1882. Turin, Italy. Entered the Municipal School of Fine Arts in Reggio in 1832. Participated in the First Italian War of Independence in 1847, and lived in Geneva after being discharged. He often traveled around Europe, coming into contact with new trends in painting, but was particularly influenced by the Barbizon School's depictions of nature that he discovered during a trip to France in 1855, and the expression of light by Turner and Constable during his stay in London from 1865 to 1866. He established a unique style of painting that exudes delicate poetry in his depictions of nature that capture the subtle effects of light. Returned to Italy in 1866, became principal and professor of the School of Fine Arts in Lucca in 1868, and professor of landscape painting at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin in 1869. Invited by the Meiji government when the government-run Kobu Bijutsu Gakko (Technique School) was founded in 1876, he taught in Japan until 1878. Although he only stayed there for two years, he nurtured many artists, including Chu Asai, Shotaro Koyama, and Hisashi Matsuoka, and contributed greatly to the development of Western-style painting in Japan. In 1879, he returned to his position as professor at the Albertina School of Fine Arts, but his health deteriorated and he died four years later. His major works include "Wading" (1861), "October Morning" (1862, National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome), "Before the Storm" (1874), "Spring Sun" (1875-76), and "Evening on the River Po at San Mauro" (1880-81, Galleria Civica d'Art Moderna, Turin).

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Japanese:

[生]1818.2.23. レッジョエミリア
[没]1882.4.17. トリノ
イタリアの画家。 1832年レッジョの市立美術学校に入学。 1847年第1次イタリア独立戦争に参加し，除隊後ジュネーブに住む。しばしばヨーロッパ各地を旅行して新しい絵画思潮に触れたが，ことに 1855年のフランス旅行で発見したバルビゾン派の自然描写と，1865～66年のロンドン滞在中に見たターナーとコンスタブルの光の表現に強い影響を受け，光の微妙な効果をとらえた自然描写のうちに，繊細な詩情を漂わせる独特の画風を確立。 1866年イタリアへ帰り，1868年ルッカの美術学校校長兼教授，1869年トリノのアルベルティーナ美術学校風景画教授。 1876年官設の工部美術学校の創立に際し，明治政府に招かれ，1878年まで日本で教鞭をとった。わずか2年間の滞在であったが，浅井忠，小山正太郎，松岡寿ら多くの画家を育て，日本の洋画の発展に尽くした。 1879年アルベルティーナ美術学校教授に復職したが，健康を害し4年後に没した。主要作品『徒渉』 (1861) ，『十月の朝』 (1862，ローマ国立近代美術館) ，『嵐の前』 (1874) ，『春の太陽』 (1875～76) ，『サン・マウロのポー河の夕暮』 (1880～81，トリノ市立近代美術館) 。

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