The School of Resina was a loosely linked group of

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

artists painting both landscapes and contemporary scenes in a non-academic Realistic style. The artists, mainly painters, gathered at the seaside hamlet of Resina (now incorporated into the towns of

Herculaneum Herculaneum (; Neapolitan and it, Ercolano) was an ancient town, located in the modern-day ''comune'' of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Like the nea ...

and

Portici Portici (; ) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy. It is the site of the Portici Royal Palace. Geography Portici lies at the foot of Mount Vesuvius on the Bay of Naples, about southeast of Naples itself. There i ...

), just south of

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 ...

. The group nucleated around

Giuseppe De Nittis Giuseppe De Nittis (February 25, 1846 – August 21, 1884)Efrem Gisella Calingaert. "De Nittis, Giuseppe." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 9 Aug. 2013. was one of the most important Italian painters of the 19th c ...

, who after being expelled from the Naples Academy of Fine Arts, move away from the city with the express hope of painting real life outdoors, and not in a studio. Moving into rooms of the Royal

Palace of Portici The Royal Palace of Portici (''Reggia di Portici'' or ''Palazzo Reale di Portici''; nap, Reggia ‘e Puortece) is a former royal palace in Portici, Southeast of Naples along the coast, in the region of Campania, Italy. Today it is the home of t ...

, he was joined by

Marco De Gregorio Marco De Gregorio (12 March 1829 – 16 February 1876) was an Italian painter, who would form part of the School of Resina, painting works that spanned the spectrum from historical to genre topics. Biography He was born in Resina (present da ...

, Federico Rossano, and

Adriano Cecioni Adriano Cecioni (July 26, 1836May 23, 1886) was an Italian artist, caricaturist, and critic associated with the Macchiaioli group. Biography He was born in Florence into a middle-class family belonging to the local gentry. He began his artistic ...

; later joined by

Alceste Campriani Alceste Campriani (11 February 1848 – 1933) was an Italian painter noted for his landscapes, especially of the Neapolitan countryside. Life and career He was born in Terni from a noble family. His father's political attachment to the cause of ...

Antonino Leto Antonino or Antonio Leto (June 14, 1844 – May 31, 1913 in Capri, Italy) was an Italian painter, painting mainly genre/landscape subjects in an impressionistic style. Biography In 1861, sponsored by his uncle, he moved to study in Palermo un ...

Filippo Palizzi Filippo Palizzi (1818 – 1899) was an Italian painter. Biography Filippo Palizzi was born in Vasto (Chieti). He moved to Naples in 1837 and enrolled at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts, but withdrew after a few months to attend the private sch ...

Giovanni Ponticelli Giovanni Ponticelli (Naples, c. 1829–1880) was an Italian painter. He was a resident of Naples. In 1877 he exhibited the two canvases: ''Il vizioso'' and ''La casa del rigattiere''. In 1872 at Milan, he exhibited ''The people of Andria fight th ...

Giovanni Fattori
and others. The group was mockingly called the Republic of Portici by Neapolitan painter

Domenico Morelli Domenico Morelli (4 August 182313 August 1901) was an Italian painter, who mainly produced historical and religious works. Morelli was immensely influential in the arts of the second half of the 19th century, both as director of the Accademia di ...

. It was influenced through De Nittis by the Florentine

Macchiaioli The Macchiaioli () were a group of Italian painters active in Tuscany in the second half of the nineteenth century. They strayed from antiquated conventions taught by the Italian art academies, and did much of their painting outdoors in order to ...

, but had also been influenced by the

School of Posillipo The School of Posillipo refers to a loose group of landscape painters, based in the waterfront Posillipo neighborhood of Naples, Italy. While some among them became academicians, it was not a formal school or association. In the 18th century, lands ...

of an earlier generation. The movement was less cohesive with the departure of De Nittis to Paris in 1867. ‘’Nineteenth-Century Painters and Painting: A Dictionary’’
By Geraldine Norman, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles 1977. Page 178

References

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Resina Ercolano () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania of Southern Italy. It lies at the western foot of Mount Vesuvius, on the Bay of Naples, just southeast of the city of Naples. The medieval town of Resina () was bui ...

Realism (art movement) Ercolano