Orsola Faccioli or Licata Faccioli (August 16, 1823 –1906) was an

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painter, mainly of

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and interior scenes.

Biography

She was born in

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, the last of seven siblings, of which only three reached adulthood. Her family arranged for her to study at the

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. In a number of contests, she won the silver medal at the Accademia. In 1848, she married professor Siciliano Antonio (Antonino) Licata. She moved with him to Naples, but exhibited and traveled throughout Italy with him, till his death in 1892. In 1867, she was named instructor of elements of design at the Neapolitan Istituto Privati degli Educandati femminili. She was elected Academic Associates of the Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia, and of the

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in 1864. In the Pinacoteca di Vicenza there is a vedute incorporating historical events: ''Victor Emmanuel II shows himself to the people of Vicenza from the balcony of

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'' (painted 1869). Among other works: ''L'Isola di San Giorgio of Venice'' and ''

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of Rome'' (Exhibited in Rome with Società degli Amatori e Cultori, 1851). At the Pinacoteca of the Capodimonte Museum, were found: ''Il coro dei Cappuccini at Rome''. The City of Naples possessed: ''La villa nazionale con la musica'' (nighttime interior); ''L'interior of the church of

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''; ''Interior of the chapel of the Immacolata of the Chiesa dell'Ascensione a

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''. The Casa Reale of Naples once displayed: ''Interior staircase of Palazzo Reale of Naples''. At Hamburg, she displayed a canvas depicting: ''Veduta di Capodimonte''; at Venice, ''Una veduta di San Marcellino''. Her canvas of ''Il fiume

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'' merited a silver medal first class at the Venice exhibition. Other works include ''Festa del 6 ottobre'' (exhibited at Promotrici Salvator Rosa, Naples in 1875); ''Una veduta della facciata di

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'' (1851, Rome Società degli Amatori e Cultori); and ''Arum Italicum'', exhibited at Milan in 1881. Her son, Giovanni Battista Licata (Naples 1859 -

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, near

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, 1886), was a scientist and explorer, who was killed during a colonizing expedition by Count Pietro Porro to Harar, in Ethiopia.Treccani Encyclopedia
biography. She is said to have stopped painting in 1892 when her husband died. She is buried in the

cemetery of Poggioreale The Cemetery of Poggioreale is one of the major cemeteries in Naples, Italy. It is also known as Camposanto Nuovo, to distinguish it from Camposanto Vecchio, which is now known as Cemetery of the 366 Fossae. It is bordered by the Largo Santa Mari ...

in Naples next to her husband.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faccioli, Orsola 1823 births 1906 deaths 19th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian painters Painters from Vicenza Painters from Naples Italian vedutisti Italian women painters 20th-century Italian women artists 19th-century Italian women artists