Francesco Paolo Michetti. Zur Bedeutung der Fotografie im Werk des abruzzesischen Malers.

This article is a shortened summary of the author's
investigations into the interactions between painting and
photography in the work of the Italian painter Francesco Paolo
Michetti (1851-1929). Michetti's paintings, unlike his
photographs,belong to the canon of Italian art history but are
unknown abroad. As the translator states: ""Michetti is the most
fully investigated and documented Italian 19th century painter
who used photography''. Michetti's photographic practice started
around 1871 in Paris. At first he used photography to make
studies for portraits. He also used stereoscopy. After 1878 he
began using the dry gelatin process to make snapshot photos.
Michetti was particularly interested in the perception and
stopping of movement, notions which he applied in his paintings.
At the turn of the century a crisis between his photographic and
painterly practice became visible. As a painter, Michetti worked
in the style of Art Nouveau, but as a photographer he was more
innovative. (German)