Achille Solari (Naples, October 9, 1835 - 1884) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes of the region around

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. He obtained a stipend from the province of

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to study at the Institute of Fine Arts of Naples, and earned prizes and a stipend in Naples from his province. Paints in oil and watercolor. He exhibited in 1884 in Turin, and in London he exhibited a landscape. He has exhibited repeatedly at the Promotrice of Naples and others, watercolors and oils, of land and seascapes, including a ''

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di Santa Lucia in Naples''. He painted in a style reminiscent of his rough contemporaries

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and Gabriele Smargiassi. ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 484.

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