Gaetano Gigante (1770 in Naples – 1840) was an Italian painter and engraver, active mainly in
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 ...
, Italy. He was the father of
Giacinto Gigante
Giacinto Gigante (1806–1876) was an Italian painter, engraver, and teacher. He was known for his landscape and vista paintings, exemplary works of the Neapolitan School of Posillipo.
Biography Early life
Giacinto Gigante was born on July 11, ...
, one of the main painters of 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 ...
, Emilia Gigante and Ercole Gigante (1815–1860); and Achille Gigante (1823–1846), a lithographer and designer of acquaforte. Gaetano received his training with
Giacinto Diano
Giacinto Diano or Diana (28 March 1731 – 13 August 1803) was an Italian painter, active in Southern Italy in a style that mixes Rococo and Neoclassicism.
Life
Giacinto was born in Pozzuoli, and died in Naples. He trained in the studio of France ...
.
Sources
*Derived from Italian Wikipedia
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
19th-century Italian painters
19th-century Italian male artists
Painters from Naples
18th-century Neapolitan people
1770 births
1840 deaths
18th-century Italian male artists
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