| Mancini was born in Rome and showed precocious ability as an artist. Atthe age of twelve, he was admitted to the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples,where he studied under Domenico Morelli (1823–1901), a painter ofhistorical scenes who favored dramatic chiaroscuro and vigorousbrushwork。 Mancini developed quickly under their guidance, and in1872,he exhibited two paintings at the Paris Salon.Mancini worked at the forefront of Verismo movement, an indigenous Italianresponse to19th-century Realist aesthetics. His usual subjects includedchildren of the poor, juvenile circus performers, and musicians heobserved in the streets of Naples. Achievements of the early brilliant,but he and his status is not commensurate. While in Paris in the1870s,Mancini met Impressionists Edgar Degas and édouard Manet. He becamefriends with John Singer Sargent, who famously pronounced him to be thegreatest living painter. Self character with the relationship betweenfriends and art dealers and myriad.In1881, Mancini suffered a disabling mental illness. He settled in Romein1883for twenty years, then moved to Frascati where he lived until1918.During this period of Mancini’s life, he was often destitute and reliedon the help of friends and art buyers to survive. After the First WorldWar, his living situation stabilized and he achieved a new level ofserenity in his work. Mancini died in Rome in1930and buried in theBasilica Santi Bonifacio e Alessio on the Aventine Hill.Antonio Mancini as a well-known portrait painter, did not get a wide rangeof cognitive difficult to separate with his own bold style, vibranttechnology, as well as him some hostile traditional art, character butextremely shy. Painting state also inseparable from mercury poisoningcaused by irritable mood. He invented the "graticola" in his works to thelimit. These works always give unforgettable look. The overwhelmingflavor of the oil painting, getting the results they deserve, his paintingis full of doubt, and to reflect on his situation.The first exhibition in the U.S. devoted exclusively to Mancini’s workwas at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, October20,2007–January20,2008. |