Achille Vianelli or Vianelly (21 December 1803 – 2 April 1894) was an Italian painter of landscapes with

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scenes, often in watercolor. ''Piazza San Gaetano and San Lorenzo Maggiore in Naples'', c. 1845 He was born in Porto Maurizio; he moved as a child to

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, where his father was consul for the French government. In 1819, he moved to

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, where he first worked in the Royal Topographic Office, where he met Giacinto Gigante. With Gigante, he began training first under Jakob Wilhelm Hüber, then in the Academy under Pitloo. He published (with Gigante and others) a series of lithographs in a ''Viaggio pittorico nel Regno delle Due Sicilie'' (1829–1834). In 1848, he moved to

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, where he continued drawing and painting. He married Gigante's sister, and vice versa, and is considered a member of the School of Posillipo. His son, Alberto Vianelli, also a landscape painter moved to Paris. Vianelli's sister, Flora, married Theodore Witting, a German landscape artist and engraver. His nephew Gustavo Witting, also became a landscape painter. He was a knight of the

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of Francesco I of the Two Sicilies, and honorary professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 545. Vianelli died in Benevento on 2 April 1894.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vianelli, Achille 1803 births 1894 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples Italian vedutisti Italian landscape artists People from Imperia People from the Province of Lecce 19th-century Italian male artists Artists from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies