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Cesare Uva (11 November 1824, Avellino – 16 February 1886, Naples) was an Italian landscape painter.
News of the exhibition @ Arte.it
His early display of artistic talent was strongly encouraged by his father. At the age of twenty-six, he moved to Naples, where he attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Royal Academy of Fine Arts. His primary instructor there was Gabriele Smargiassi. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Le Monnier, 1889, page 533-534. After graduating, he returned to his hometown and opened an art workshop and gave private lessons. Later, he went back to Naples and married Antonietta Andreani. They had no children. In 1877, he worked on restoring the municipal theatre in Avellino. Two years after that, he and , a former student, opened an art workshop in Naples. Most of his works were done in gouache or tempera on cardboard. He focused on landscapes with staffage, but also created vedute and some Genre art, genre scenes. The majority of his paintings are on display in Avellino, or in private collections.
Cesare Uva (11 November 1824, Avellino – 16 February 1886, Naples) was an Italian landscape painter.
Life and work
He was born to Mariano Uva, an interior decorator, and his wife Lucia, née D'Argenio.Stefano Orga, ''L'Ottocento di Cesare Uva'', exhibition catalog, Palazzo Vescovile, 2016News of the exhibition @ Arte.it
His early display of artistic talent was strongly encouraged by his father. At the age of twenty-six, he moved to Naples, where he attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Royal Academy of Fine Arts. His primary instructor there was Gabriele Smargiassi. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Le Monnier, 1889, page 533-534. After graduating, he returned to his hometown and opened an art workshop and gave private lessons. Later, he went back to Naples and married Antonietta Andreani. They had no children. In 1877, he worked on restoring the municipal theatre in Avellino. Two years after that, he and , a former student, opened an art workshop in Naples. Most of his works were done in gouache or tempera on cardboard. He focused on landscapes with staffage, but also created vedute and some Genre art, genre scenes. The majority of his paintings are on display in Avellino, or in private collections.
References
Further reading
* Giuseppe Pulzone, "Salve, o Cesare Uva!" (obituary), in ''Gazzetta di Avellino'', 6 March 1886External links
__NOTOC__ 1824 births 1886 deaths People from Avellino 19th-century Italian painters Artists from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Italian male painters Painters from Naples Neo-Pompeian painters 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub