Francesco Autoriello (January 1824 – August 28, 1894) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting historical canvases.

Biography

Born in

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, he moved to

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and was initially self-trained as a painter at age 16. He later taught design at the Seminary of Salerno and a school run by Benedictines. He painted from

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until 1855, and then went to study at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples under

Filippo Palizzi Filippo Palizzi (16 June 1818, Vasto – 11 September 1899, Naples) was an Italian painter, known for his rural genre scenes with animals, mostly goats. His brothers, Francesco Paolo, Giuseppe and Nicola, also became painters. Biography He was ...

.''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: Pittori, Scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 23. He first participated at the Promotrice of Naples in 1862, with a ''Children of Jefte''; in 1864, ''Virtue and Labor''. He then began producing works of genre and history. At the 1877 National Exposition in Naples, he exhibited a large canvas depicting ''The Assassination of the

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Admiral Coligny on the Night of San Bartolomew'' (bought by the Municipality of Naples and exhibited in Museo di

Castel Nuovo Castel Nuovo (; ; 'New Castle'), often called Maschio Angioino (; ; ' Angevin Keep'), is a medieval castle located in front of Piazza Municipio and the city hall ( Palazzo San Giacomo) in central Naples, Campania, Italy. Its scenic location and ...

). At the Turin exhibition of 1884, he exhibited ''Socrates visits Aspasia''. Other works include ''Vendemmiatori precoci'' (exhibited in 1886 at Naples); ''L'operaio e la sua famiglia'', (exhibited in 1893 at Milan); and ''Consulto in Convento'' (1887). He also painted the canvases on the ceilings of the church of San Francesco in Cava dei Tirreni; frescoes for the walls and chapels of the chapel of the Orphanage (Asilo Infantile) of Cava; and a large watercolor copy of painting of the ''Last Judgement'', once in the Sala Storica of the Church of

Santa Donna Regina Nuova Santa Maria Donnregina Nuova is a church in central Naples, Italy. It is called ''Nuova'' ("new") to distinguish it from the older Angevin church of Santa Maria Donna Regina Vecchia. History The earliest church was built on this location in the ...

(awarded diploma of merit at the 1876 Naples exhibition. In 1881, he became professor of design, figure, and perspective at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts in Naples, and later professor of perspective at the Academy in Salerno. He published a text on perspective: ''Corso Completo di Prospettiva Ragionata'' 2nd edizione. in Naples 1880. The text was used in the Institute at Naples. He painted the ''Dance of the Hours'' in the Sala Rossa of the Casino dei Nobili in Salerno, where he worked alongside Giulio Minervini, Carlo Tito Dalbono, Demetrio Salazaro, and Federico Travaglini.''Il restauro della chiesa di S. Maria di Donnaregina a Napoli''
Page 140.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Autoriello, Francesco 1824 births 1894 deaths Artists from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies People from Salerno Painters from Campania Painters from Naples 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian male artists