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Birth Anniversary: Raffaele Armenise — March 20, 1852
20 March 2027
Photo: Raffaele Armenise, from Enrico Giannelli, Artisti napoletani viventi (Naples, Melfi & Joele). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Raffaele Armenise was born in Bari on 20 March 1852. A scholarship from the province took him to Naples, to the school of Domenico Morelli, and by 1875 he had a studio at Capodimonte and a name for historical and anecdotal painting. He frescoed the ceiling of the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari and painted its curtain.
Raffaele Armenise, from Enrico Giannelli, Artisti napoletani viventi (Naples, Melfi & Joele). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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