Giulio Giacinto Avellino (c. 1645 – c. 1700) was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period. He was born in

Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in ...

, and thus is known also as ''il Messinese''. Giulio died in

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

, where he mainly painted. He trained with

Salvator Rosa Salvator Rosa (1615 –1673) is best known today as an Italian Baroque painter, whose romanticized landscapes and history paintings, often set in dark and untamed nature, exerted considerable influence from the 17th century into the early 19th ...

, and painted landscapes with ruins and mythic figures in his master's style. His sibling,

Onofrio Avellino Onofrio Avellino (c. 1674 – 17 April 1741) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Biography Born in Naples, Giulio died in Ferrara or Rome, where he painted for the last twenty years of his life. He initially trained under Luca Giordano ...

(c. 1674–1741), was also a painter. Niccolò Cartissani is described as also a contemporary landscape painter from Messina.

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* * * 1640s births 1700s deaths Painters from Messina 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Painters of ruins Year of birth uncertain 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub