Ciro Punzo (

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, February 14, 1850 - 1925) was an Italian painter, mainly of interior scenes of daily life and vedute of churches.

Biography

He studied at the

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under Giuseppe Mancinelli, and stayed a resident of Naples. At 16 years of age he exhibited a still-life of Fruit at the ''Mostra di Salvatore Rosa'' in Naples. He submitted to the 1872 Milan Exposition: ''La comunione''; ''Church of San Liguori in Naples'' ; and ''Sacristy of the church of Pietà in Naples''. At the 1877 Exhibition of Naples, he sent: ''Marina di

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'' and ''Church of

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''. To Milan, in 1881, he sent: ''Sempre allegra'' (see below) and ''Lady with Teacup''. While at the Promotrici of 1883 at Milan and Rome: ''Prega'' and ''La canzone dei nostri tempi''. At the 1888 Exposition of Fine Arts of Bologna he exhibited ''Quiescat'' and the ''Church of the Gerolamini of Naples''. In 1897 at Milan, he exhibited ''Inside the Church of San Severino''. In 1898 in Turin, the ''Adoration of the Cross'' and in 1901 in Munich, ''Holy Friday''. At about this period, Punzo painted ''Gregge al Pascolo'' and ''Pecore al Pascolo'' (see both below). He became honorary professor of the Institute of Arts in Naples.Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 395.

Selected works

References

19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 1850 births 1925 deaths Painters from Naples Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub