Edoardo Federico De Martino (29 March 1838 – 12 May 1912) was an Italian painter, active in South America and

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as a painter of warships and naval battles.

Biography

He was born in Meta di Sorrento. He served as an officer in the Italian Navy, but by age thirty, influenced by members of the

School of Resina The School of Resina was a loosely linked group of Italian 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 ...

, he turned to painting, first in

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. He gained fame in

, where his depictions of famous British naval victories and ships were highly prized, including by Queen Victoria. He painted depictions of the naval battles of

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, of the

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, and of Cape San Vincenzo. From 1905 onward, he painted also many Italian naval ships. He made a number of paintings during his travels, including of the Brazilian coast. He was a Marine painter ''in Ordinary'' to King

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, often accompanying him on his naval tours, and was appointed an Honorary Commander of the

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(CVO) in the 1902 Birthday Honours, receiving the decoration from the King at

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on 9 November 1902. Edoardo De Martino died in London in 1912. In August 2013, an exhibition by the Association of commercianti del Casale di Meta (NA) in Naples displayed many of his sketches and works.article
of Naples exhibition, also se

Gallery

File:Couraçado São Paulo (atribuído), da Coleção Brasiliana Iconográfica.jpg, '' Brazilian battleship São Paulo, São Paulo'' battleship File:Eduardo De Martino (1838-1912) - The Naval Review at Spithead, 26 June 1897 - RCIN 405260 - Royal Collection.jpg, The Naval Review at Spithead, 26 June 1897 File:Eduardo de Martino - Vista do Rio de Janeiro (MCB).JPG, View of Rio de Janeiro File:Eduardo de Martino - Combate naval del 30 de julio de 1826.jpg, Naval

Battle of Quilmes The naval Battle of Quilmes took place between a fleet of the Imperial Brazilian Navy, commanded by British admiral James Norton and a fleet of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata under the command of William Brown. The confrontations ...

, 30 July 1826 File:Batalha Naval do Riachuelo Pintura.jpg, Naval

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References

1838 births 1912 deaths People from Sorrento 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian male artists Italian battle painters Painters from Naples Honorary Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order 19th-century war artists 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub