Alceste Campriani was an Italian painter born in Terni on February 11, 1848, and died in Lucca on October 27, 1933. He was a member of the Resina School along with other well-known artists such as Giuseppe De Nittis and Federico Rossano. Read the full biography
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Alceste Campriani was an Italian painter born in Terni on February 11, 1848, and died in Lucca on October 27, 1933. He was a member of the Resina School along with other well-known artists such as Giuseppe De Nittis and Federico Rossano.
Campriani studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples and began his artistic career collaborating with the French merchant Adolphe Goupil in Paris and London. His works, influenced by naturalistic painting and the Resina School, were exhibited in Italy and abroad, achieving success especially through Goupil's publications.
His works mainly depict Neapolitan and Southern landscapes, often animated by characters and animals, but also genre scenes and glimpses of cities such as Venice, London, and Paris. After 1884, when his collaboration with Goupil ended, Campriani further developed his landscape vision with a freer approach toward reality.
Campriani later became a teacher, directing the Academy of Fine Arts in Lucca from 1911 to 1921, and training numerous artists, including his sons Tullio and Giovanni.