Achille Solari (Naples, October 9, 1835 - 1884) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes of the region around
Naples
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He obtained a stipend from the province of
Terra di Lavoro to study at the Institute of Fine Arts of Naples, and earned prizes and a stipend in Naples from his province. Paints in oil and watercolor. He exhibited in 1884 in Turin, and in London he exhibited a landscape. He has exhibited repeatedly at the Promotrice of Naples and others, watercolors and oils, of land and seascapes, including a ''
Veduta
A ''veduta'' (; : ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, old master print, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''.
Origins
This genre of land ...
di Santa Lucia in Naples''. He painted in a style reminiscent of his rough contemporaries
Giacinto Gigante and
Gabriele Smargiassi.
‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 484.
References
1835 births
1884 deaths
19th-century Italian painters
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies people
Italian male painters
Painters from Naples
19th-century Italian male artists
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