Gennaro Ruo (1812 - 1884) was an Italian painter, active in

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, painting both religious-historical subjects, and portraits.

Biography

He studied, and later taught, painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. He obtained a stipend from the Neapolitan authorities to study in Rome circa 1841.Annali civili del Regno delle due Sicilie
entry of Ruo for 1841 exhibition, page 142. Among his pupils at the Academy were Raffaele Armenise, Federico Rossano, and

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1812 births 1884 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples 19th-century Italian male artists Artists from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub