Ettore Roesler Franz
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Ettore Roesler Franz (May 11, 1845 - March 26, 1907) was an Italian painter and photographer of German origin.
Roesler Franz was born in Rome. He was a specialıst in the technique of watercolor. His most famous work is a series of 120 aquarelles (water colors) named "Roma sparita" (disappeared Rome), where he portrayed with great realism parts of the city which he supposed were going to be destroyed in the effort to modernize it. Many of his aquarelles are now at the Museo di Roma in Trastevere at Piazza Sant’Egidio.
In 1902 he was portrayed by Giacomo Balla in a famous painting exhibited at the Venice Biennale. He died in Rome in 1907.
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- AA.VV. (1972). Dizionario Enciclopedico Bolaffi dei pittori e degli incisori italiani dall'XI al XX secolo. Bolaffi, Torino.
- Comanducci, A.M. (1962). Dizionario illustrato dei pittori e incisori italiani moderni. Milano.
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