Ettore Roesler Franz

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Intro

Italian painter

A.K.A.

Ettore Roesler-Franz

Places

Italy

was

Painter Photographer

Work field

Arts

Gender

Male

Birth

11 May 1845 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy

Star sign

Taurus People who share this birthday

Death

26 March 1907 People who died on this day

Place of death

Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy

Age

61 years

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Biography

Ettore Roesler Franz (11 May 1845 – 26 March 1907) was an Italian painter and photographer of German origin.

Roesler Franz was born in Rome. He was a specialıst in the technique of watercolor. His most famous work is a series of 120 aquarelles (water colors) named "Roma sparita" (disappeared Rome), which depict with great realism parts of the city he supposed were going to be destroyed in the effort to modernize it. Many of his watercolors are in the Museum of Rome in Trastevere.

In 1902 he was portrayed by Giacomo Balla in a famous painting exhibited at the Venice Biennale. He died in Rome in 1907.

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