Lilla Maldura (
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1876–1887) was a painter, mostly of domestic interiors and church interiors, but also landscapes, in oil and watercolor.
Maldura was born in Naples, of an Italian father and a Spanish mother. She studied under professor
Federico Maldarelli, and later studied watercolor under professor
Francesco Mancini. She often exhibited at the Promotrice of Naples. She also exhibited in London. Among her works is ''The Interior of the Chapel of the Immacolata in the church of the Gerolamini''. She painted many landscapes of the Campania.
''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 273.
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19th-century Italian painters
Italian landscape painters
Painters from Naples
19th-century Italian women painters
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