Federico Zandomeneghi Retrospective at Palazzo Zabarella

A major retrospective of Federico Zandomeneghi (Venice, 1841 – Paris, 1917) opened at Palazzo Zabarella in Padua, curated by Fernando Mazzocca and Francesca Dini, marking the centenary of his death. The exhibition, titled 'L’Impressionismo di Zandomeneghi,' brings together one hundred paintings spanning the artist's career, from his early realist and socially engaged works to his later Impressionist phase. Zandomeneghi, a Venetian who moved to Paris in 1874, was part of the circle of Italian artists in Paris including Boldini, De Nittis, and Corcos, but remained more obscure. He exhibited with the Impressionists from 1879, was a neighbor of Toulouse-Lautrec in Montmartre, and befriended Degas. His work focuses on intimate, everyday scenes of middle-class women, often in pastel, with a luminous palette and unusual angles. The exhibition runs until January 29, 2017, and is accompanied by a catalog published by Marsilio.