The ‘Giuseppe De Nittis’ Art Gallery is a museum in Barletta, dedicated to the painter Giuseppe De Nittis, recognised as one of the greatest exponents of Italian and International Impressionism.
The International Exhibition in Paris in 1878 reserved great honours for De Nittis: he was awarded the Legion of Honour, while one of his works, The Carousel Courtyard and the Tuileries in Ruins, was purchased by the government for the Luxembourg Museum. After his death, which came suddenly in 1884, his wife Léontine donated many of his paintings to the painter’s hometown, which are now on permanent display in the De Nittis Art Gallery located in the Palazzo della Marra.
The Pinacoteca also periodically hosts other temporary exhibitions.