A Life Between Worlds: The Cosmopolitan Roots of Alexander Mark Rossi The story of Alexander Mark Rossi begins not in the heart of London, but on the sun-drenched shores of Corfu, Greece. Born in 1841, Rossi was a child of a unique cultural intersection; his father, Dr. Mark Rossi, was an Italian diplomat serving under British administration in the Ionian Islands. This early exposure to a Mediterranean landscape, viewed through a lens of British colonial influence, gifted the artist with a cosmopolitan perspective that would later define the breadth of his vision. Though his roots were ancho…