Michele Federico Biography
Michele Federico (Capri, 13 November 1884 – Capri, 1966) was an Italian painter. Michele Federico was a landscape painter, nicknamed "the painter of the sea" for his seascapes, many of which were on the island of Capri, where he was born and worked. Already at the age of twelve he was a pupil of the painter Antonino Leto (1844-1913) - Sicilian and pupil of Lojacono - who had settled in Capri since 1882. With Leto and Augusto Lovatti (1852-1921) he shared a painting made from life , full of light, colors and movement. In the early years of the twentieth century, Federico and Lovatti were the reference artists for a group of painters, among whom we remember: Valentino White, Carlo Perindani, Matteo Sarno, Felice Giordano, Ezelino Briante, Antonio Odierna and Enrico Gargiulo. In the 1930s he was the organizer of personal and collective exhibitions, including in his painter's studio in Florence. He was very attached to his island and it is said that when an American merchant brought him to the United States where he had, and still has, notoriety, the painter after a short time was overcome by nostalgia for his island and wanted to return home. Michele Federico's works were exhibited, starting from the Promotrice Salvator Rosa in Naples in 1906, in many Italian cities - Milan, Turin, Genoa, Rome and Florence - and in foreign cities - Paris, San Francisco and Buenos Aires.
