Gustavo Mancinelli (1842 in
Rome
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– 12 April 1906, 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 ...
) was an Italian painter, who made portraits and depicted many
Orientalist subjects.
Biography
The son and pupil of the painter
Giuseppe Mancinelli
Giuseppe Mancinelli (17 March 1813, in Naples – 25 May 1875, in Castrocielo) was an Italian painter.
Biography
His father was in the service of the Venitgnano family, who patronized his early studies at the Neapolitan Academy of Fine Arts, the ...
, he exhibited great talent at a very young age. His first exhibition was in Naples in 1855, when he was just 13 years old.
["Gustavo Mancinelli" iographical Notesin: Olson, R.J. M., ''Italian 19th Century Drawings & Watercolors: An Album: Camuccini & Minardi to Mancini & Balla'', Shepard Gallery, 1976, item no. 155]
He resided 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 ...
where he was honorary professor of the Institute of Fine Arts.
[Ricci, C., ''Napoli habillée: Scenari della Napoli aristocratica nelle lettere di Carolina Ricci (1882-1883)'', Osanna Edizioni, 2013, p. XXXIXn]
His work includes many altarpieces; portraits of aristocratic personalities of the day, including: the King and Queen, Umberto I and Margherita di Savoia (1884), the Ambassador from Berlin, and the Prince del Montenegro.
He also showed a preference for sacred and historical subject matter.
Awards and recognition
He was awarded the silver medal at the Exhibition Napoletana del 1855 and a gold medal in 1859. He exhibited in Turin in 1880: ''A Marrocchina'', and portraits while, in 1883 at Rome, a portrait of Queen Margherita.
''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 274.
Work
File:«Eschilo presenta a Gerone le Etnee a Siracusa».jpeg, ''Gerone le Etnee a Siracusa,'' (detail), 1891
See also
* List of Orientalist artists
This is an incomplete list of artists who have produced works on Orientalist subjects, drawn from the Islamic world or other parts of Asia. Many artists listed on this page worked in many genres, and Orientalist subjects may not have formed a m ...
* Orientalism
In art history, literature and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. In particular, Orientalist p ...
References
1842 births
1906 deaths
19th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
20th-century Italian painters
Orientalist painters
Painters from Naples
19th-century Italian male artists
20th-century Italian male artists
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