Achille Carrillo (24 July 1818,

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- 20 August 1880, Naples) was an Italian painter; associated with the School of Posillipo.

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He was born to Filippo Carrillo, a prosecutor at the Royal Civil Court, and his wife Rachele, née Grasso. After obtaining a law degree in 1842, he briefly worked as a lawyer."Il giurista Filippo Carrillo"
@ the LoSpeakers Corner Later, he moved to Naples. There, he began to study art at the studios of Giacinto Gigante; becoming an accomplished watercolorist. This led him to enroll at the

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, where he was a pupil of

Gabriele Smargiassi Gabriele Smargiassi (22 July 1798, Vasto – 12 May 1882, Naples) was an Italian landscape painter and professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.

.Stefano Orga, ''Achille Carrillo (1818-1880) il posillipiano avellinese'', Omicron, 2018 For many years, he participated in the biennial exhibitions at the Royal Bourbon Museum. He also exhibited landscapes at the "Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts", a group of which he was one of the founding members. In 1870, he was awarded a gold medal at the Fine Arts Exposition in Parma, for his view of Naples from Posillipo. In 1869, he was named to serve as a temporary replacement for Teodoro Duclère, the Professor of Landscape Painting at the Accademia. He was confirmed in that position in 1877. During his tenure there, his notable students included Vincenzo Caprile,

Edoardo Monteforte Edoardo Monteforte (6 March 1849, Polla – 1932/333, Naples) was an Italian landscape painter. Life and work He enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples in 1862, where he studied with Achille Carillo and Gabriele Smargiassi.Vincenzo Montefusco Vincenzo "Enzo" Montefusco (born 26 April 1945 in Naples) is an Italian former football player and manager, who played as a midfielder. He is most noted for his association with his hometown side Napoli, where he played for over a decade as a pla ...

Achille Petrocelli Achille Petrocelli (born August 18, 1861 or December 30, 1862) was an Italian painter, mainly of Genre painting, genre themes of his native Naples. He was the son of painter Vicenzo Petrocelli, Vincenzo, and younger brother of painter Arturo Petr ...

, and

Salvatore Petruolo Salvatore Petruolo (January 4, 1857 in Catanzaro, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – 1946 in Naples, Italy), was an Italian painter. Petruolo was a pupil of Gabriele Smargiassi at the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples. He is famous for his coas ...

. His output was relatively small, but his works may be seen at the

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and the

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19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 1818 births 1880 deaths Painters from Naples Italian landscape painters Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni 19th-century Italian male artists Artists from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub

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