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| Giuseppe Navarra (fl. 1797–1837) | ||||||||||
| A little known painter of portraits, historical scenes, and religious subjects, Giuseppe was born in Sicily and trained in Palermo under Giuseppe Patania before moving on to Rome. As with many Sicilian artists of his generation he later followed the Bourbon court in Naples, where he worked as a portrait and still life painter and received several commissions. In 1830 he was named honorary professor at the Neapolitan Academy, and three years later he won a gold medal for figure painting at the Real Museo Borbonico exhibition, continuing to show his work there until 1837. His drawings were considered strong, while his paintings were often described as lacking variety and energy, though his use of colour was generally admired even if the treatment of flesh tones in some portraits was thought less convincing. | ||||||||||
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