Maria Spanò
Maria Spanò (September 25, 1843 - ) was an Italian woman painter.
Spanò was born in Naples, and initially trained under her father, Raffaele Spanò. She chose a variety of subjects, painting genre, landscapes, and history paintings. She also was well respected as a portraitist and painter of still lifes with flowers. At the 1859 Exposition in Naples, she displayed a half-figure painting of a Peasant woman of Sorrento, garnering a silver medal of merit. At an Expositions della Promotrice of Naples, she exhibited A Confidence, acquired by the Pinacoteca of Capodimonte. She completed two canvases bought by the Provincial Council of Naples, depicting life-sized Two Peasants and Un cortile di campagna. In another exposition she displayed La villa Mays. Among other works, she completed Bice al castello di Rosate.[1]
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- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 490.
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