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APELLES and ANTIPHILUS by FORTUNINO MATANIA

Artist: FORTUNINO MATANIA (All)

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APELLES and ANTIPHILUS by FORTUNINO MATANIA Comic Art

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Title:	APELLES and ANTIPHILUS by FORTUNINO MATANIA
Artist:	FORTUNINO MATANIA (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	4,711
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	4/26/2016
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This is a piece that was published around 1935 for the magazine Brittania & Eve. For those that have never heard of these two depicted in the art, they were both ancient Greek artist. "Apelles of Kos was a contemporary of Protogenes, whose reputation he advocated. Pliny also recorded an anecdote that was making the rounds among Hellenistic connoisseurs of the first century CE: Apelles travelled to Protogenes' home in Rhodes to make the acquaintance of this painter he had heard so much about. Arriving at Protogenes' studio, he encountered an old woman who told him that Protogenes was out and asked for his name so she could report who had enquired after him. Observing in the studio a panel Protogenes had prepared for a painting, Apelles walked over to the easel, and taking up a brush told the servant to tell Protogenes "this came from me," and drew in colour an extremely fine line across the panel. When Protogenes returned, and the old woman explained what had taken place, he examined the line and pronounced that only Apelles could have done so perfect a piece of work; Protogenes then dipped a brush into another colour and drew a still finer line above the first one, and asked his servant to show this to the visitor should he return. When Apelles returned, and was shown Protogenes' response, ashamed that he might be bettered, he drew in a third colour an even finer line between the first two, leaving no room for another display of craftsmanship. On seeing this, Protogenes admitted defeat, and went out to seek Apelles and meet him face-to-face. As for Antiphilus, he was an ancient Greek painter from Naucratis,Egypt, in the age of Alexander the Great. He worked for Philip II of Macedon and Ptolemy I of Egypt. Thus he was a contemporary of Apelles, whose rival he is said to have been, but he seems to have worked in quite another style. Quintilian speaks of his facility: the descriptions of his works which have come down to us show that he excelled in light and shade, in genre representations, and in caricature. In ancient Rome, according to Pliny the Elder, the Schola Octaviae was ornamented by paintings by Antiphilus, among which were his Hesione and his painting of the group of Alexander and Philip with Minerva. The Curia Pompeii, famous as the place of assassination of Julius Caesar, was of the form called an exedra, or hall furnished with seats, and was decorated with pictures of Cadmus and Europa by Antiphilus". OK, that's a little info on the artist depicted but how about Fortunino Matania. He was an Italian artist 1881-1963 working out of London. I've seen some extremely detailed pieces by this man and have been Amazed at what he was capable of doing. There are several pieces on CAF well worth looking up. This one doesn't have all of the detail that some of his work does, but I still think it's a Fantastic piece or art and am more then happy to add this to my collection.

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Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

Posted on 4/26/2016

Only the Greeks could tell a story like that! I love the story of the back of the board almost as much as the front. Congratulations!

Kevin Warzecha
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/26/2016

Magnificent acquisition! Superb and sublime line work. Congrats!

gregg kopsa
Member Since 2003

Posted on 4/27/2016

Fantastic piece, a great find from that era.

Norman Felchle
Member Since 2007

Posted on 4/27/2016

Matania really was something!

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