Giuseppe Costa
Illustration — Giuseppe Costa (date unknown) • Illustration — Necessity and Modesty Giuseppe Costa (6 April 1852, Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – 9 February 1912, Naples) was an Italian painter; primarily of portraits and genre scenes.
Giuseppe Costa
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- Born
- 1852 · Naples.
- Died
- 1912 · Naples.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Kingdom of Italy
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- painter
- Fields
- genre · portrait
- Education
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
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Giuseppe Costa studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are genre and portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Naples. Work by Giuseppe Costa is recorded in the collections of Musée d'Orsay and Galleria dell'Accademia.
When he was still young, his family moved to Chieti, where he took some private painting lessons. Later, he returned to Naples and enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti, where his primary instructor was Domenico Morelli. He also studied portrait painting with Achille Talarico. Beginning in 1875, he held numerous showings at the "Società Promotrice di Belle Arti". He would continue to exhibit there until 1885. He was also a participant in the National Expositions of Milan (1880) and Naples (1906). His final showing was in 1911. Some of his works were purchased by Kings Umberto I and Victor Emmanuel III. He is largely remembered for his genre scenes, including The Userer and His Victims, Two Orphan Girls, Distraction, After Work, Innocuous Love and Necessity and Modesty. Many of his works are preserved at the Galleria dell'Accademia (Napoli).
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Giuseppe Costa (1852 – 1912) was an artist. Both events are recorded by the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
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- 1.Società promotrice di belle arti "Salvator Rosa" Napoli. La Società promotrice di belle arti Salvator Rosa, 1861-1961: Napoli, Padiglione pompeiano, Villa comunale. L'arte tipografica. 1961.
- 2.Società Promotrice di Belle Arti in Napoli. Catalogo degli oggetti d'arte ammessi alla 12ª esposizione aperta il di 14 marzo 1875 nelle sale di S. Domenico Maggiore. stab. tip. del cav. G. De Angelis. 1875.
- 3.Società Promotrice di Belle Arti in Napoli. Catalogo delle opere d'arte ammesse alla 13ª Esposizione aperta il di 16 aprile 1876 nelle sale terrene del R. Istituto di Belle arti. De Angelis e figlio.
- 4.Società Promotrice di Belle Arti in Napoli. Catalogo delle opere d'arte ammesse alla 17ª esposizione, aperta il di 10 aprile 1881 nelle sale del Museo Artistico Industriale. tip. G. de Angelis e f. 1881.
- 5.Società promotrice di belle arti Salvator Rosa. Catalogo delle opere d'arte ammesse alla 21ª esposizione aperta il di 19 aprile 1885 nelle sale della Società. G. De Angelis. 1885.
- 6.cita Galleria dell'Accademia p. 106, tav. LXXXIV .
- 7.cita Patrizia Tosini p. 104 .
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