Gustavo Mancinelli

Gustavo Mancinelli (Rome, 1842 - Naples, 12 April 1906) was an Italian painter, who made portraits and depicted many Orientalist subjects.

Charles Georges Dufresne
Gerone le Etnee a Siracusa, (detail) by Gustavo Mancinelli, 1891
Born23 November, 1876
Rome, Italy
Died12 April 1906
Naples, Italy
NationalityItalian
EducationGiuseppe Mancinelli (father)
Known forPainter, teacher
MovementOrientalist

Biography

The son and pupil of the painter Giuseppe Mancinelli,[1] he exhibited great talent at a very young age. His first exhibition was in Naples in 1855, when he was just 13 years.[2]

He resided in Naples where he was honorary professor of the Institute of Fine Arts.[3]

His work includes many altarpieces; portraits of aristocratic personalities of the day, including: the King and Queen, Umberto I and Margherita di Savoia (1884), the Ambassador from Berlin, and the Prince del Montenegro.[4] He also showed a preference for sacred and historical subject matter.[5]

Awards and recognition

He was awarded the silver medal at the Exhibition Napoletana del 1855 and a gold medal in 1859. He exhibited in Turin in 1880: A Marrocchina, and portraits while, in 1883 at Rome, a portrait of Queen Margherita.[6]

Work
  • Gerone le Etnee a Siracusa, (detail), 1891

See also

References
  1. Enciclopedia Treccani biography.
  2. "Gustavo Mancinelli" [Biographical Notes] in: Olson, R.J. M., Italian 19th Century Drawings & Watercolors: An Album: Camuccini & Minardi to Mancini & Balla, Shepard Gallery, 1976, item no. 155
  3. Ricci, C., Napoli habillée: Scenari della Napoli aristocratica nelle lettere di Carolina Ricci (1882-1883), Osanna Edizioni, 2013, p. XXXIXn
  4. "Gustavo Mancinelli" [Biographical Notes] in: Olson, R.J. M., Italian 19th Century Drawings & Watercolors: An Album: Camuccini & Minardi to Mancini & Balla, Shepard Gallery, 1976, item no. 155; Mondadori, G., Catalogo dell'arte italiana dell'ottocento, Volume 13, G. Mondadori, 1984 p. 75
  5. Ricci, C., Napoli habillée: Scenari della Napoli aristocratica nelle lettere di Carolina Ricci (1882-1883), Osanna Edizioni, 2013, p. XXXIXn
  6. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 274.


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