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*''Born: [[1818]]''
*''Died: [[1882]]''
Antonio Fontanesi was an Italian oil painter who taught painting at the [[Technical Art School]] (''kôbu bijutsu gakkô'') in Tokyo beginning in [[1876]]. He had a significant impact on the early development of ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' (Western-style painting) in Japan, teaching students such as [[Yamamoto Hosui|Yamamoto Hôsui]].
He taught in the academic style standard in much of Europe at the time, focusing on anatomy and geometry, and on drawing from life or from plaster models.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Tokyo National Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/54293806321/in/photostream/]
[[Category:Foreigners|Fontanesi]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans|Fontanesi]]
[[Category:Meiji Period|Fontanesi]]
*''Died: [[1882]]''
Antonio Fontanesi was an Italian oil painter who taught painting at the [[Technical Art School]] (''kôbu bijutsu gakkô'') in Tokyo beginning in [[1876]]. He had a significant impact on the early development of ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' (Western-style painting) in Japan, teaching students such as [[Yamamoto Hosui|Yamamoto Hôsui]].
He taught in the academic style standard in much of Europe at the time, focusing on anatomy and geometry, and on drawing from life or from plaster models.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Tokyo National Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/54293806321/in/photostream/]
[[Category:Foreigners|Fontanesi]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans|Fontanesi]]
[[Category:Meiji Period|Fontanesi]]