Giacomo Di Chirico

Giacomo Di Chirico ( born January 27, 1844 in Venosa, † December 17, 1883 in Naples) was an Italian painter.

Life

The introduction to the art of drawing he owed his twenty years older brother Nicola, a sculptor. In 1865, he received from his home town of a two-year scholarship to the Art Academy in Naples. At the same time, he frequented the studio of Tommaso De Vivo, a representative of the late Neoclassicism.

Three years later, he left Naples for Rome, but only until 1871. Afterwards, he returned to Naples and began to paint the cultural life of the city of Naples in his studio. Now Artistically influenced he was by his handling of Domenico Morelli, in addition acted on him as well as to many of the historicism and realism appended painters of Naples the ideas of Francesco De Sanctis.

Di Chirico had exhibitions all over Italy, from Naples to the north to Turin, Genoa and Milan. The painting Uno Sposalizio in Basilicata ( A wedding in Basilicata ), which was shown in 1877 at the National Art Exhibition in Naples for the first time and admiration and criticism provoked, was issued in 1879 in Vienna and 1882 in Munich. In addition to prices at various exhibitions, he also received the Order of the Crown of Italy.

Di Chirico died at the age of almost 40 years in a mental hospital in the district of Napoli Capodichino.