Paolo Falciani

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Paolo Falciani (Salerno, 1790 - 1851) was an Italian painter, depicting portraits and history painting in a neoclassical style.[1]

Biography[edit]

He studied at the academy of Naples during the French occupation, and obtained a stipend to study in Rome. He exhibited Enea al Cospetto di Didone at the Bourbonic Exposition in 1826. After 1820, he taught painting with Camillo Guerra at the Neapolitan Academy.[2] In 1823 he was honorary professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ricerche su l'origine, su i progressi, e sul decadimento delle arti, 1821, by Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, page 22.
  2. ^ Istituto Matteucci biography.
  3. ^ Almanacco della Real Casa e Corte: per l'anno 1823., Naples (Stato) Casa e Corte, 1823, page 6.