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Giulio Rosati Prints
About Giulio Rosati
Giulio Rosati was an Italian painter, born in Rome and usually dated 1858 to 1917. He came from a family of bankers and soldiers but chose art instead, studying at Rome's Accademia di San Luca under Dario Querci and Francesco Podesti. He then joined the Rome studio of the Spanish painter Luis Álvarez Catalá, part of a circle of Spanish artists working in the city.
Rosati is known for Orientalist scenes, the 19th-century European fashion for picturing North Africa and the Middle East: markets, horsemen, dancers, backgammon players and harem interiors, painted with crisp detail and bright costume colour. He worked mostly in watercolour and only occasionally in oil, and accounts of his life say he never travelled to the region he painted. He rarely exhibited and sold mainly through dealers; one recorded showing was an Oriental Scene in Rome in 1900. His son Alberto Rosati (1893–1971) also painted Orientalist subjects.
Giulio Rosati prints: reproductions of Orientalist paintings by the Italian artist Giulio Rosati, who worked in Rome in the late 19th and early 20th century. The collection includes The Merchant, The Dance and Bedouins Preparing a Raiding Party (1895).
This selection covers three sides of Rosati's North African scenes: a quiet trading moment, a lively dance, and horsemen gathering in the desert. Each picture is full of patterned textiles and costume detail, which is what Rosati is best known for.
The detailed, colourful scenes suit living rooms, studies and dining rooms, and work well hung as a group of three along one wall. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with low-glare acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
