Carlo Brancaccio (Naples, March 6, 1861 – 1920) was an Italian painter, active mainly in an Impressionist style.
Carlo Brancaccio | |
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 Carlo Brancaccio, Self-portrait, date unknown | |
| Born | March 6, 1861 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 1920 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Eduardo Dalbono |
| Movement | Orientalist |
Biography edit
While he initially had studied mathematics, he abandoned this to study painting by age 22 years. He was mentored by Eduardo Dalbono. His main subjects were city streets, sea- and landscapes, mostly vedute of Naples. At the 1887 Promotrice of Naples he displayed: Passe-partout, and many sketches of the city including the interiors of churches. In 1888, he displayed a large Seascape of Capri; in 1889, Toledo in the Rain; and in same year at the Brera Exposition in Milan, he exhibited the Piazza of the Carmine of Naples.[1]
He won a gold medal at the Exhibition in Rome in 1893. He also painted Neapolitan genre subjects, including: Ore tristi (1898); Impressioni di Napoli (Berlin 1890); and Strada di Almalfi (1897).[2]
Gallery edit
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View of Capri -
Fishing Boats in Venetian Lagoon -
1910 Flood in Paris -
Neapolitan Street -
Napoli via Toledo, impressione di pioggia, 1888–89
References edit
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 74.
- ^ La Biennale di Venezia, Volume 4; by Biennale di Venezia, 4th (Venice) (1901), page 190.
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