Art History

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Italian painter, Salavatore Postiglione painted with a Realist style. Originally from Naples, Italy he lived from December 20, 1861 – November 28, 1906. He grew up in a family of painters. His father Luigi Postiglione, his brother also named Luigi, his nephew Luca, and his uncle Raffaele were also painters. His father Luigi painted sacred subjects.

Salvatore studied underneath his uncle Raffaele, as well as Domenico Morelli at the Neapolitan Institute of Fine Arts. Morelli’s style was a strong influence on Salvatore, as he tended to favor similar mystical and morbid spiritual religious subject matter. However, he also painted youthful biblical paintings which are displayed at the Institute of Fine Arts. He frescoed the halls of Borsa of Naples and Miramare Castle in Trieste, Italy; which is a method to quickly

left: “Scene of the Narration of the Decameron” - Dated 1892. Above: “cherry Time” - date unknown.

paint with water colors on wet plaster in order for the color to dry at the same time as the plaster.

In the painting above, Postigliano captured 14th century Italian writer, Giovanni Boccaccio entertaining from his tales of love, wit, jokes, and life lessons as depicted in his book, The Decameron. The book contains 100 stories ranging from erotic to tragic that are told by seven young women and three young men who are sheltered in a secluded villa outside of Florence to escape The Black Death. below: Salvatore postiglione frescoed the halls of Miramare Castle near Trieste in Northeastern Italy. photo: wikipedia creative commons. author: valleo61