Olivia Rossetti Agresti [SEP] date of death
Olivia Rossetti Agresti
Olivia Rossetti Agresti (30 September 1875 – 6 November 1960) was a British activist, author, editor, and interpreter. A member of one of England's most prominent artistic and literary families, her unconventional political trajectory began with anarchism, continued with the League of Nations, and ended with Italian fascism. Her involvement with the latter led to an important correspondence and friendship with Ezra Pound, who mentions her twice in his "Cantos".
Anarchism.
Olivia Rossetti Agresti was born in London
Macchiaioli group. In 1876 they both stayed in Venice. Olivia Rossetti Agresti wrote: """Costa had a very high opinion of this artist's gifts and used to remember with pleasure how on that occasion they used to go out together to paint from nature at Fusino""" (Agresti, 1904).
She frequently exhibited from 1880 to 1890 at the Grosvenor Gallery and the New Gallery. In 1891, after the death of her first husband, she married Matthew Ridley Corbet, one of the Macchiaioli group