Vincenzo Cecere (1897–1955) was an Italian painter, active in a
Realist style.
Exhibition of ''Artisti dell'agro aversano tra Ottocento e primo Novecento (1790-1922)''
, Biographies by Franco Pezzella.
Biography
He was born in Aversa
Aversa () is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Caserta in Campania, southern Italy, about 24 km north of Naples. It is the centre of an agricultural district, the ''Agro Aversano'', producing wine and cheese (famous for the typical dome ...
and initially a pupil of Luigi Pastore
Luigi Pastore (Aversa, Province of Caserta, May 24, 1834 - January 19, 1913) was an Italian painter.
Born to working-class parents, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, and painted mainly landscapes, historic and sacred subjects, or ...
, but later enrolled at the Institute of Geometry of Caserta
Caserta ( ; ) is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. An important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city, Caserta is located 36 kilometres north of Naples on the edge of the Campanian p ...
. He served as a soldier in the Austrian front, followed by an exile in Marseille due to his political leanings. He returned to earn a diploma in Naples only by the 1930s. He painted ''Dopo il bagno'', a subject previously treated by the Scapigliatura
''Scapigliatura'' () is the name of an artistic movement that developed in Italy after the Risorgimento period (1815–71). The movement included poets, writers, musicians, painters and sculptors. The term Scapigliatura is the Italian equivalent ...
painter Girolamo Induno
Gerolamo Induno (13 December 1825 – 18 December 1890) was an Italian painter and soldier, best known for his Military art, military scenes. His older brother, Domenico Induno, Domenico, was also a well-known artist and they often worked together ...
. He painted a ''Portrait of this cousin Amelia'', ''Un bue al pascolo'', ''Head of a Dog'', and ''Portrait of a Girl'', likely his cousin Ersilia. He also wrote poetry in Italian and dialect.
References
1897 births
1955 deaths
20th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Naples
Italian genre painters
20th-century Italian male artists
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