Lilla Maldura (
fl. 1876–1887) was a painter, mostly of domestic interiors and church interiors, but also landscapes, in oil and watercolor.
Maldura was born in Naples, of an Italian father and a Spanish mother. She studied under professor
Federico Maldarelli
Federico or Federigo Maldarelli (October 2, 1826 – December 9, 1893) was an Italian painter born in Naples.
Biography
His father was a painter, but Maldarelli's first formal training was under Costanzo Angelini.
He first exhibited at the 1839 ...
, and later studied watercolor under professor
Francesco Mancini. She often exhibited at the Promotrice of Naples. She also exhibited in London. Among her works is ''The Interior of the Chapel of the Immacolata in the church of the Gerolamini''. She painted many landscapes of the Campania.
''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 273.
References
19th-century Italian painters
19th-century Italian women artists
Italian landscape painters
Italian women painters
Painters from Naples
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