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Edoardo Monteforte (6 March 1849, Polla – 1932/333,
@ the Istituto Matteucci. From the beginning, he focused on landscapes and seascapes, in oil and ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 306. Much of his work was purchased by collectors from France and England.Brief Biography
@ Casa d'Aste Vincent He also sent works to exhibitions in
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Edoardo Monteforte (6 March 1849, Polla – 1932/333, Naples
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) was an Italian landscape painter.
Life and work
He enrolled at theAcademy of Fine Arts
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of Naples in 1862, where he studied with Achille Carrillo
Achille Carrillo (24 July 1818, Avellino - 20 August 1880, Naples) was an Italian painter; associated with the School of Posillipo.
Life and work
He was born to Filippo Carrillo, a prosecutor at the Royal Civil Court, and his wife Rachele, né ...
and Gabriele Smargiassi
Gabriele Smargiassi (22 July 1798 in Vasto – 12 May 1882 in Naples) was an Italian landscape painter and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.
.Brief biography@ the Istituto Matteucci. From the beginning, he focused on landscapes and seascapes, in oil and
watercolor
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s, with luminous lighting effects.
In 1870, he began to exhibit regularly at the "Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts". In 1877 at Naples, he exhibited: ''Sunday in October Near Pompeii'' and two watercolors titled: ''On the Beach'' and ''Winter''. In 1881 at Milan, he exhibited ''Spinelli Park]'', ''Return from Fishing'', and ''Return from Sorrento
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''. At the 1883 Exhibition in Milan, he displayed ''Fresh Wind'', ''The Sorrento Marina'', and ''The Sorrento Coast''. In 1884 at Turin
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, he exhibited ''Return from Fishing''; ''Mount Scutari'', and ''Morning in the Woods''.by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 306. Much of his work was purchased by collectors from France and England.Brief Biography
@ Casa d'Aste Vincent He also sent works to exhibitions in
Melbourne
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(1880), and Berlin
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(1883). After a trip to Egypt
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, he painted a number of Orientalist subjects, including ''The Evening on the Upper Nile'', and ''Tomb of the Caliph in Cairo'', exhibited in 1898 at Turin.
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