Course à Auteuil - De Nittis - Public domain monumental decor painting

Giuseppe de Nittis (1846—1884) was one of the most important Italian painters of the 19th century, whose work merges the styles of Salon art and Impressionism. De Nittis was born in Barletta, in the region of Apulia, where he first studied under Giovanni Battista Calò. After being expelled in 1863 from the Instituto di Belle Arti in Naples for insubordination, he launched his career with the exhibition of two paintings at the 1864 Neapolitan Promotrice. De Nittis came into contact with some of the artists known as the Macchiaioli, becoming friends with Telemaco Signorini, and exhibiting in Florence.