Giulio Giacinto Avellino
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Giulio Giacinto Avellino (c. 1645 - c. 1700) was an Italian
painter of the Baroque
period.
Born in Messina, and thus known also as il Messinese. Giulio died in Ferrara
, where he mainly painted. He trained with Salvator Rosa
, and painted landscapes with ruins and mythic figures in his master's style. His sibling, Onofrio Avellino
, was also a painter, and lived till 1740.
Italy
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painter of the Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period.
Born in Messina, and thus known also as il Messinese. Giulio died in Ferrara
Ferrara
Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
, where he mainly painted. He trained with Salvator Rosa
Salvator Rosa
Salvator Rosa was an Italian Baroque painter, poet and printmaker, active in Naples, Rome and Florence. As a painter, he is best known as an "unorthodox and extravagant" and a "perpetual rebel" proto-Romantic.-Early life:...
, and painted landscapes with ruins and mythic figures in his master's style. His sibling, Onofrio Avellino
Onofrio Avellino
Onofrio Avellino was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Born in Naples, Giulio died in Ferrara or Rome, where he painted for the last twenty years of his life. He initially trained underLuca Giordano, but in 1692, he entered the studio of the Neapolitan Francesco Solimene...
, was also a painter, and lived till 1740.