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Alessandro La Volpe (Lucera, 27 February 1820 – Rome, 2 August 1887) was an Italian painter and teacher, exponent of the Posillipo School. Son of Nicola, painter, Alessandro La Volpe was a pupil of Gabriele Smargiassi and Salvatore Fergola at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples and became a prominent exponent of the second generation of the Posillipo school. Read the full biography

Alessandro La Volpe (Lucera, 27 February 1820 – Rome, 2 August 1887) was an Italian painter and teacher, exponent of the Posillipo School. Son of Nicola, painter, Alessandro La Volpe was a pupil of Gabriele Smargiassi and Salvatore Fergola at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples and became a prominent exponent of the second generation of the Posillipo school. He painted, with great attention to detail, large landscapes: the Gulf of Naples seen from Posillipo, views of the Amalfi coast, of Ischia Capri Nisida Paestum and Pompeii, hilly landscapes and small ports with fishing boats. He was particularly influenced by the "rosy manner" of Gabriele Smargiassi and Filippo Palizzi. He made his debut at the Bourbon exhibition of 1848, with the Temples of Paestum and the Grotta di Bone. He participated in annual exhibitions of the Promoter of Fine Arts of Naples, exhibiting Bagno, un Paesaggio e Castello di Staggia in 1863; in 1864 Temple of Humbos in Upper Egypt and Marina of Paestum; in 1866 Panorama of Pompeii, a canvas awarded with a gold medal and then exhibited in Paris in 1867. He was elected honorary professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples in 1870. He then moved to Rome and opened a studio in via Margutta. In 1880 he exhibited Napoli da Frisio at the LI exhibition of the Society of amateurs and enthusiasts of Rome.