Giuseppe Palizzi, or Joseph Palizzi (12 March 1812,

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- 1 January 1888,

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) was an Italian-born French painter of landscapes and rural

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scenes. His younger brothers,

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, Nicola and Francesco Paolo also became painters.

Biography

He was the second son born to Antonio Palizzi, a lawyer, and his wife Doralice née Del Greco, an amateur musician. In 1835, he moved to

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, to enroll at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts, where he initially studied with the Dutch-born landscape painter, Anton Sminck Pitloo, then with

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. He exhibited in 1839 and 1841, with works that showed the influence of the

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. He presented historical landscapes at the yearly shows, but strained relations with the academic world led him to leave Italy. In 1844, he settled in Paris. There, he came into contact with members of the Barbizon School, and became one of the first Italian artists to paint in the

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. He had several showings at the

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during the 1840s, and exhibited at the Exposition Universelle of 1855. Later, he would return to Naples for an occasional exhibition. He was named a Knight in the

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in 1859. Three years later, he received the Cross of the Knights of the

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. During this time, he established himself in the village of Marlotte, and acquired a workshop for his brother Filippo, in

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.Pierre Lagrange, Suzanne Vaillant-Saunire, ''Les artistes de Bourron-Marlotte, et les maisons où ils vécurent'', 1985. With the approval of the forestry administration, he built another workshop in the forest, near the Gorge aux Loups, which was often shared, not only by him and Filippo, but Nicola as well; sometimes all together. The 1870s brought several changes, beginning with the death of Nicola and followed shortly after by the

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. As the German troops were withdrawing, his brother Francesco Paolo died. During the following years, possibly in response, he gave up his Romantic painting style; depicting realistic scenes of villagers and animals. He died on the first day of 1888, and was buried at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery. The City of Lanciano has named its municipal art school after him.

Selected paintings

File:Artgate_Fondazione_Cariplo_-_Palizzi_Giuseppe,_Bosco_di_Fontainebleau.jpg, The Woods of Fontainebleau File:Artgate Fondazione Cariplo - Palizzi Giuseppe, Capre che brucano un cespuglio di rose.jpg, Goats Grazing on Roses File:Giuseppe Palizzi - Jumentos.jpg, Donkeys File:Bambini su un asino Giuseppe Palizzi.jpg, Children on a Donkey, Herding Goats File:Giuseppe Palizzi Le rovine dei templi di Paestum.jpg, Ruins of the Temple of

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File:Lo spaccalegna nel bosco Giuseppe Palizzi.jpg, Wood Splitter in the Forest File:Palizzi Tramonto.jpg, Sunset

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Biography
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Biography

Selected paintings

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