Federigo or Federico Rossano (31 August 1835 – 5 May 1912) was an Italian painter in a Realist style.

Biography

Rossano was born in

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, and studied painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, at the objection of his father, a former soldier in the army of Murat, and who wished his son to study architecture. He was influenced by the

School of Posillipo The School of Posillipo refers to a loose group of landscape painters, based in the waterfront Posillipo neighborhood of Naples, Italy. While some among them became academicians, it was not a formal school or association. In the 18th century, lands ...

, and the style

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, but developed his own subject matter. He painted many seascapes at the island of Ischia. Other influences were Gennaro Ruo,

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, and

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. In 1858, De Gregorio, invited him to Resina where he stayed at a room in what was once the Palazzo Reale. He also met there the painters

Giuseppe De Nittis Giuseppe De Nittis (February 25, 1846 – August 21, 1884)Efrem Gisella Calingaert. "De Nittis, Giuseppe." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 9 Aug. 2013. was one of the most important Italian painters of the 19th c ...

and

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. Together with

Marco de Gregorio Marco De Gregorio (12 March 1829 – 16 February 1876) was an Italian painter, who would form part of the School of Resina, painting works that spanned the spectrum from historical to genre topics. Biography He was born in Resina (present da ...

, this group formed what was called the

School of Resina The School of Resina was a loosely linked group of Italian artists painting both landscapes and contemporary scenes in a non-academic Realistic style. The artists, mainly painters, gathered at the seaside hamlet of Resina (now incorporated into the ...

He traveled to Paris with De Nittis, and in 1876 he exhibited the canvas ''Covoni'' at the Paris Salon. He was influenced above all by the School of Barbizon. He had some year of success in Paris. Returning in about 1893 to Portici, he married, and was named instructor of landscape painting at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts in Naples and instructor of design at the Scuola di Santa Orsola Benincasa. He had economic difficulties, and was helped by a few friends including the painter

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 ...

. He died in Naples. Gubernatis describes him as realistically reproducing the ''phenomena of nature'' including scenes of rural peasant life. In 1872 at the Exhibition of Milan, he displayed four paintings: ''The Hunter'', ''La Marina d'Ischia'', ''la Baia di Naples sull'ora del tramonto'', and the ''Port of Naples'', a moonlit scene. He traveled to Paris, and painted ''Dintorni of Paris'', exhibited in Naples at the 1877 Exposition of Fine Arts. In 1880 at the Exhibition of Turin, in 1880, he exhibited: ''La messe'', and in 1880 at Rome, he exhibited: ''Crepuscolo'', ''la Primavera'', and ''Raccolta di frutta''.''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti''
by

Angelo de Gubernatis Count Angelo De Gubernatis (1840–26 February 1913), Italian man of letters, was born in Turin and educated there and at Berlin, where he studied philology. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature fourteen times. Life In 1862 he wa ...

. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 430.

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