Painting - Large Painting By Gaetano Esposito

Gaetano ESPOSITO (1858–1911)

Italian School
Member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples

Oil on heavy cardboard: YOUNG WOMAN IN PROFILE.
Signed lower right
Dimensions of the artwork measured on the stretcher: 59 x 46.5 cm.
Beautiful carved and patinated wooden frame.

Gaetano Esposito trained under Gaetano d'Agostino, then enrolled at theRoyal Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he studied underFilippo Palizzi,Domenico Morelliand Stanislao Lista, funded by a grant from the government of Salerno. He was influenced byAntonio Mancini, particularly in his painting ofgenre scenessuch as depictions of the daily lives of Naples’ lower classes. He also painted portraits.
At the end of the 19th century, he decorated the Caffè Gambrinus in Naples, the ceiling of the Teatro Comunale Garibaldi inSanta Maria Capua Vetere(1895), and the ceiling of thePalazzo della Borsain Naples, where he painted the Allegories of Labor and History (1897–1898).
He began to devote himself to vedute and seascapes,similar to those of thePausilippe School. He paintedthe picturesque Palazzo Donn’Anna on several occasions. In1904 at theSt. Louis World’s Fair, he won a gold medal for a large-scale canvas: *Marina di Napoli*.
The painting “Sinite Parvulos” was exhibited in 1880 at the Turin exhibition. In 1877 at the National Exhibition, he exhibited “Un triste presentimento,” “Una figlia della colpa,” and “Una cucina tutta fumo.” In 1883, in Rome, “Da Posillipo.” In 1884, in Turin: *Brillo*, *Tipo napoletano*, *Primi palpiti*, *Aspetti*, and *Colloquio piacevole*.
In 1910, a young student, Venturina Castrignani, committed suicide after being rejected romantically by Gaetano Esposito, who, overcome with remorse, took his own life on April 7, 1911, atthe Sala Consilinain Salerno.

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Former professor at IDETH (Institute for Technical and Historical Studies of Art Objects)
Former professor at the EAC (School of Art and Communication)
Former member of the UFE (French Union of Experts)

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