Vincenzo Volpe

Vincenzo Volpe studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are genre. Places of work recorded in the authority are Naples. Work by Vincenzo Volpe is recorded in the collections of National Museum of Visual Arts and Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art.

He was born in Grottaminarda, Campania, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. His family moved to Naples when he was eight, and in 1871 he enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti there and studied with Domenico Morelli. In 1877 in Naples, he exhibited a painting titled A peaceful interruption; in 1883 in Milan he exhibited Orazione and Accordo difficile. He submitted four paintings the same year in Rome, including Canzone allegra, which depicts an old man squatting on a stool, playing guitar and singing to a bed-ridden convalescent girl. In 1884 in Turin, he exhibited Nello studio; in 1887 in Venice: Una partita d'onore and Lezione di musica. At the 1891 Exposizione Triennale of the Brera Academy, he exhibited Una vecchia canzone. He also did restorative work; notably the frescoes at the Sanctuary of Montevergine near Mercogliano. In 1900, he was invited to the Royal Palace to do a portrait of King Umberto I. Two years later, he became a Professor at the Accademia and held that position until his death in Naples in 1929. From 1915 to 1925, he served as the Accademia's President. One of his best-known pupils was Giulia Masucci Fava.