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Francesco Mancini - also known as Francesco Lord Mancini - 1844, at the age of fourteen, enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, in painting courses, and from 1846 in landscape courses, under the guidance of the painter Gabriele Smargiassi.

Participation in landscape studies at the Bourbon Exhibition of 1851 at Villa Gallo in Capodimonte; landscape from 1855, with stones, figures and cattle and crusaders chopping wood to build war machines; painting of 1859 Alford (Naples, Palazzo Reale).

In 1861 he participated in the National Exhibition of Florence with scenes from the Italian Revival.

Exhibition: the plot of 1 October 1860, of the Garibaldini in the plain of Capua, the rest of Garibaldi and the forests of Calabria.

The painting is linked to events of national unity and represents an episode of his artistic activity.

His paintings Sentinella Garibaldi and Operation Bersaleri are today preserved in the city of Naples.

In fact, at the end of the 1950s he abandoned academic subjects and dedicated his life to painting.

He frequented the studio of Filippo Palizzi, who invited him to a more direct and intimate relationship with nature and encouraged him to draw directly from life to paint in the open air.

Thus, starting in 1858, he began a series of trips around Naples, Puglia, Calabria and Abruzzo in search of new landscape paintings, focusing on naturalistic details to make realistic visions more perceivable.

Get in touch with groups of painters who identify with the Resìna school.

Since 1862 he has participated in exhibitions organized by the Promotion Society of Naples.

In 1864 he exhibited La malata delle Maremme and other works of a social nature, such as Lavoratori and Dopo l'opera: themes that bring him closer to some of the social sensitivities of the Macchiaioli.

He also painted Immigrants (1873) and Railway Track (1877). In 1877 his painting The Rupe was exhibited at the National Exhibition of Naples and was purchased by King Umberto I.

Today he is a protagonist of Neapolitan cultural life, and since 1862 he has been a member of the local Association of Fine Arts Promoters, of which he is a frequent presence.

Since 1877 he has been professor emeritus of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, and in 1888 he became one of the founders of the Neapolitan artistic circle. Read the full biography

Francesco Mancini - also known as Francesco Lord Mancini - 1844, at the age of fourteen, enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, in painting courses, and from 1846 in landscape courses, under the guidance of the painter Gabriele Smargiassi.

Participation in landscape studies at the Bourbon Exhibition of 1851 at Villa Gallo in Capodimonte; landscape from 1855, with stones, figures and cattle and crusaders chopping wood to build war machines; painting of 1859 Alford (Naples, Palazzo Reale).

In 1861 he participated in the National Exhibition of Florence with scenes from the Italian Revival.

Exhibition: the plot of 1 October 1860, of the Garibaldini in the plain of Capua, the rest of Garibaldi and the forests of Calabria.

The painting is linked to events of national unity and represents an episode of his artistic activity.

His paintings Sentinella Garibaldi and Operation Bersaleri are today preserved in the city of Naples.

In fact, at the end of the 1950s he abandoned academic subjects and dedicated his life to painting.

He frequented the studio of Filippo Palizzi, who invited him to a more direct and intimate relationship with nature and encouraged him to draw directly from life to paint in the open air.

Thus, starting in 1858, he began a series of trips around Naples, Puglia, Calabria and Abruzzo in search of new landscape paintings, focusing on naturalistic details to make realistic visions more perceivable.

Get in touch with groups of painters who identify with the Resìna school.

Since 1862 he has participated in exhibitions organized by the Promotion Society of Naples.

In 1864 he exhibited La malata delle Maremme and other works of a social nature, such as Lavoratori and Dopo l'opera: themes that bring him closer to some of the social sensitivities of the Macchiaioli.

He also painted Immigrants (1873) and Railway Track (1877). In 1877 his painting The Rupe was exhibited at the National Exhibition of Naples and was purchased by King Umberto I.

Today he is a protagonist of Neapolitan cultural life, and since 1862 he has been a member of the local Association of Fine Arts Promoters, of which he is a frequent presence.

Since 1877 he has been professor emeritus of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, and in 1888 he became one of the founders of the Neapolitan artistic circle. He participated in the National Exhibitions of Turin in 1880 and 1884, and in Milan in 1881 with the work "Ner Bosco".

Mancini also exhibited his works in Venice, Rome and Milan, as well as abroad in Paris, Vienna and Munich.

A bond of friendship with the painter John Singer Sargent allowed him to make two long trips to London.

In these mature years he interprets the Palizzi school, while at the same time, suggested by the work of Giuseppe Denitis, he represents the pleasant moments and worldly pastimes of high society: on the dusty road, cheerful rides in warm carriages, walks in carriage parks , young and elegant horsewomen, fox hunting in the English countryside.

From landscapes inspired by the places and customs of southern Italy, to the piers of the bathing establishments built on stilts along the beaches of Naples, he combines scenes of city life that he produced during his stays in Paris and London, although he is also particularly popular today , among collectors.

After a stay in London, he acquired the nickname Lord by his grace - almost in English - and also distinguished him from the 17th-18th century painter of the same name, Francesco Mancini.

In 1888 he organized a personal exhibition.