Ettore Forti
Ettore or Eduardo Ettore Forti was an Italian painter, who was prolific in depicting realistic Neo-Pompeian scenes of Ancient Roman life and events. These subjects were popular in the late-Victorian period, as exemplified by the popularity of Lawrence Alma-Tadema.[1]
There is little definitive information available about Forti's biography. His paintings are signed with his name and Rome. Different sources can not cite a place of birth or birth date, and do not agree about a birth date. Nothing is known of his training. Many sources claim he was active a few decades before and after 1900. He exhibited in Berlin between 1893 and 1897. He exhibited at the Mostra della Romana Società degli Amatori e Cultori in 1905.[2]
One favorite topic is an salesman displaying artwork, jewelry, or rugs to well-dressed female patrician women, often in elegant settings.
Evening at the temple
Feast of Centaurs
Rug Merchant in Ancient Rome
Chariots racing in the Circus Maximus
Pompeii Street Scene
The Bath (?)
The Carpet Seller (1)
The Carpet Seller (2)
The Carpet seller (3)
The Carpet seller (4)
The Carpet Seller (5)
Chariot Racing
Racing Chariots Entering The Circus Maximus
Road to Pompeii
Steps(?)
The Harpist(?)
In A Jewelry Store
Detail from a Pompeii Love Song
In A Jewelry Store
Pompeii Street
Art Seller
Fruit Vendor
Hadrian returns from Tivoli
In the Roman Palace
Inside A Roman Villa
Pompeii Love Song
The Bedchamber(?)
The Embarkment of a Roman Queen
The Art Seller
Burdens(?)
Festival
Greeting The Victor
Rug Merchants
The Musicians
Victory
Arrival of Caesar
At the Antiquarian's
The Vendor of Antiquities
Quadriga on the Road to Pompeii(?)
The Carpet Seller (6)
Roman Street Scene
Interior of a Roman Building with Figures
References[]
- ^ Getty Museum, Interior of Roman Building with Figures.
- ^ Istituto Matteucci, short biography.
- 19th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- 20th-century Italian painters
- Neo-Pompeian painters