Raffaele Postiglione ( Naples, 1818, November 28 - Naples, 1897, February 23rd) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Born to poor parents Raffaele trained in the

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, where he worked under

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. By 1851, he was working under and with

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. He also labored alongside Giovanni Salomone. In the 1860s, he was a professor in the Neapolitan Academy along with Federico Maldarelli,

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, and Antonio Licata. He painted historical and religious canvases.Website biography
/ref> He was the brother of the painter Luigi Postiglione, and uncle of the painter

Salvatore Postiglione Salvatore Postiglione (Naples, December 20, 1861 – Naples, November 28, 1906) was an Italian painter, mainly of portraits, and historic and genre subjects, in a Realist style. Biography He was born to father Luigi (1812-1881), who was a painte ...

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* Painters from Naples 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni 1818 births 1897 deaths 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub