Natale Attanasio (1845 – 1923) was an Italian painter. He painted diverse subjects from period pieces, Oriental fantasies, altarpieces, portraits, and genre works, and worked both in fresco and oil.

Natale Attanasio
Born24 December 1845 Edit this on Wikidata
Died1923 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 77–78)
Resting placeCampo Verano Edit this on Wikidata

Biography edit

In 1874, Attanasio won a stipend from his native Catania to study in Naples at the Institute of Fine Arts under Domenico Morelli, and then moved to Rome. His painting Sunt lacrimae rerum. Le pazze, depicting women at an insane asylum, won the gold medal at the 1891 Exposition of Palermo. Among his other works Bernardo Palissy and the Orfano dell'Annunciata. He died in Rome.[1]

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  1. ^ Chi è?, Annuario biografico Italiano, 1908, page 181.