Edoardo Federico De Martino (29 March 1838 – 12 May 1912) was an Italian painter, active in South America and

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as a painter of warships and naval battles.

Biography

He was born in Meta di Sorrento. He served as an officer in the Italian Navy, but by age thirty, influenced by members of the School of Resina, he turned to painting, first in

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. He gained fame in

, where his depictions of famous British naval victories and ships were highly prized, including by Queen Victoria. He painted depictions of the naval battles of

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, of the

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, and of Cape San Vincenzo. From 1905 onward, he painted also many Italian naval ships. He made a number of paintings during his travels, including of the Brazilian coast. He was a Marine painter ''in Ordinary'' to King

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, often accompanying him on his naval tours, and was appointed an Honorary Commander of the

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(CVO) in the 1902 Birthday Honours, receiving the decoration from the King at

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on 9 November 1902. Edoardo De Martino died in London in 1912. In August 2013, an exhibition by the Association of commercianti del Casale di Meta (NA) in Naples displayed many of his sketches and works.article
of Naples exhibition, also se

Gallery

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References

1838 births 1912 deaths People from Sorrento Artists from Campania 19th-century Italian painters Italian expatriates in the United Kingdom Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian male artists Italian battle painters Painters from Naples Honorary commanders of the Royal Victorian Order 19th-century Italian war artists 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub