Raffaele Postiglione
Raffaele Postiglione (Naples, 1818, November 28th - Naples, 1897, February 23rd) was an Italian painter.
Biography[]
Born to poor parents[1] Raffaele trained in the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he worked under Costanzo Angelini. By 1851, he was working under and with Giuseppe Mancinelli. He also labored alongside . In the 1860s, he was a professor in the Neapolitan Academy along with Federico Maldarelli, Gabriele Morelli, and Antonio Licata. He painted historical and religious canvases.[2] He was the brother of the painter , and uncle of the painter Salvatore Postiglione.
References[]
- Napier, Lord Francis (1855). Notes on Modern Painting at Naples.. West Strand, London: John W. Parker and Son. pp. 46–48.
- ^ Lord Napier, page 46.
- ^ Website biography
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- Painters from Naples
- 19th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni
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- 1897 deaths
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