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Vincenzo Migliaro (1858–1938) was an Italian painter born 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 ...
.
Biography
After learning the art of wood carving at courses held by the Società Centrale Operaia Napoletana and working in the studio of
Stanislao Lista, Migliaro enrolled in 1875 at the
Naples Institute of Fine Arts
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli (Naples Academy of Fine Arts) is a university-level art school in Naples. In the past it has been known as the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti and the Reale Accademia di Belle Arti. Founded by King Charles VII ...
, where his masters included
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 ...
. While a short trip to
Paris
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in 1877 afforded him the opportunity to study the works exhibited in the Louvre, the artist's main source of inspiration was Naples and its highly animated everyday life. The works he presented in exhibitions at the national and international level – including
Turin
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(1880, 1884, and 1898) and
Barcelona
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(1911), where he won a silver medal – gained him a reputation as a keen observer of Neapolitan life. Involved in the decoration of the
Caffè Gambrinus in the following decade together with
Vincenzo Irolli and other painters, he took part in the
Venice Biennale
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from 1901 to 1928 and exhibited alongside
Vincenzo Caprile and
Vincenzo Gemito
Vincenzo Gemito (July 16, 1852 – March 1, 1929) was an Italian sculptor and artist.
Although he worked in various studios of well-known artists in his native Naples, Rome and Paris, he is considered to have largely been self-taught, the reason ...
, both Neapolitans, at the Galleria Pesaro,
Milan
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, in 1927.
References
* Laura Casone
Vincenzo Migliaro online catalogu
Artgateby
Fondazione Cariplo
Fondazione Cariplo is a charitable foundation in Milan, Italy. It was created in December 1991 when the Amato law, Law no. 218 of 30 July 1990, came into force. Under this law, saving banks were required to separate into a not-for-profit fou ...
, 2010, CC BY-SA (source for the first revision of this article).
Other projects
Portrait of Migliaroby
Gaetano Esposito
Gaetano Esposito (November 17, 1858 – April 8, 1911) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He was born in Salerno. He first studied under Gaetano D'Agostino, but later enrolled at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts of Naples, where he studied unde ...
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19th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
20th-century Italian painters
Painters from Naples
Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni
1858 births
1938 deaths
19th-century Italian male artists
20th-century Italian male artists