Italian ,
b. Monopoli 1612-d.1656 Naples
Naples.Brother of Cesare Francanzano. He moved to Naples in 1622 with Cesare and like him entered Ribera's workshop. In 1632 he married Salvator Rosa's sister Giovanna. His early style remains obscure. Bologna (1958) attributed a group of paintings to him that show half-length figures against a predominantly dark background, painted in deep colours with loaded brushstrokes. These pictures, among them two versions of the Prodigal Son. Related Paintings of Francesco Fracanzano :. | The Penitent St Jerome in a landscape | Interior of the Studio of David | The Battle of San Romano | Padua: The Prato della Valle with Santa Giustinia and the Church of Misericordia (sheet 2) cfsd | Le Pointe du cap Martin | Related Artists:
John Hubbard RichAmerican,a versatile artist painting portraits, still lifes, figures and florals1878-1955
CHANGENET, Jeanb.1486-d.1493
Mikhail VrubelRussian Symbolist Painter, 1856-1910
Russian painter and draughtsman. He was a pioneer of modernism, and his highly innovative technique broke with the traditions of the Academy of Arts in St Petersburg, where he had been a brilliant student; at the same time he felt dissociated from the social consciousness of The Wanderers.