Carlo Brancaccio (

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, March 6, 1861 – 1920) was an Italian painter, active mainly in an

Impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

style.

Biography

While he initially had studied mathematics, he abandoned this to study painting by age 22 years. He was mentored by

Eduardo Dalbono Eduardo Dalbono (10 December 1841 – 23 August 1915) was an Italian painter born in Naples. Biography The son of a writer and art critic father and poet mother, Edoardo Dalbono attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Royal Institute of F ...

. His main subjects were city streets, sea- and landscapes, mostly

vedute A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''. Origins This genre ...

of Naples. At the 1887 Promotrice of Naples he displayed: ''Passe-partout'', and many sketches of the city including the interiors of churches. In 1888, he displayed a large ''Seascape of Capri''; in 1889, ''Toledo in the Rain''; and in same year at the Brera Exposition in Milan, he exhibited the ''Piazza of the Carmine of Naples''. He won a gold medal at the Exhibition in Rome in 1893. He also painted Neapolitan

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subjects, including: ''Ore tristi'' (1898); ''Impressioni di Napoli'' (Berlin 1890); and ''Strada di Almalfi'' (1897).''La Biennale di Venezia'', Volume 4; by Biennale di Venezia, 4th (Venice) (1901), page 190.

Gallery

Carlo Brancaccio Ansicht von Capri.jpg, View of Capri Carlo Brancaccio Fischerboote in der Lagune von Venedig.jpg, Fishing Boats in Venetian Lagoon Carlo Brancaccio Flood in Paris 1910.jpg, 1910 Flood in Paris Carlo Brancaccio Straßenansicht in Neapel.jpg, Neapolitan Street Carlo brancaccio, napoli via toledo, impressione di pioggia, 1888-89 ca. 01.JPG, Napoli via Toledo, impressione di pioggia, 1888–89

References

1861 births 1920 deaths 19th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian painters Italian vedutisti Italian male painters Painters from Naples Orientalist painters 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub