Guglielmo Navorelli

Guglielmo Navorelli
Born22 December 1866 
Died1916  (aged 49–50)
OccupationPainter 

Guglielmo Navorelli (Naples, 1865–1916) was an Italian painter. He painted mainly historical subjects and landscapes.

Biography

Navorelli first studied at the Naples Academy of Fine Arts, and then continued his education in Rome with private tutors. After he finished school, he became professor of design at a scuola serale in Naples.

Career

At the Naples Promotrice he exhibited a large canvas entitled Filippo Strozzi Commits Suicide in Prison. At the next Promotrice, he displayed Margherita Pusterla, L' avvelenamento di Don Giovanni, and some landscapes. Other works of Navorellis include Filippo Strozzi Writes the Verses of Virgil (1885),Tramonto (1888), In Un Cortile (1890), and Sopra San Rocco (1891).[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 324.
  2. ^ Biography Istituto Matteucci.