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Antonio Fontanesi | Aprile (Sulle rive del lago del Bourget, in Savoia), 1864



Antonio Fontanesi (1818-1882) is considered one of the most important Italian painters of the XIX century. His landscapes influenced several Italian painters of the symbolist generation as well as the 20C Futurist Carlo Carrà.
For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Fontanesi see Antonio Fontanesi | Barbizon School painter.