Vianelli Achille (1803 - 1894) - Duomo of Salerno 1860

VIANELLI Achille (1803 - 1894 )
Brown ink on paper "Duomo of Salerno" signed and dated 1860 lower left
Italy, 19th century

Dimensions:
Drawing: 67 x 49.5 cm
With frame: 82 x 64.5 cm

Achille Vianelli (Port-Maurice (Imperia), December 31, 1803 - Benevento, April 2, 1894) was an Italian painter of the 19th century.
Achille Vianelli was the son of a French diplomat of Venetian origin. He spent his youth in Otranto and in 1820 moved with his family to Naples, where he studied drawing, painting and watercolor technique.
In 1825, along with Giacinto Gigante, he was one of the leading artists at the Scuola di Posillipo.
In 1848, he moved to Benevento, where he devoted himself to painting and, in 1850, founded a drawing school in the Cloister of Saint Sophia.
Gaetano de Martini attended this school as an artist.
Achille Vianelli worked mainly in Benevento, but during his long career he traveled widely, spending many years in France (until 1846), where he taught watercolor technique to King Louis-Philippe.
He died in Benevento on April 2, 1894, aged 90.