19th Century

achille vianelli

Born 1803 Died 1894

Achille Vianelli (1803-1894): A Painter of Nostalgia Achille Vianelli, an Italian landscape painter of the Posillipo School, was born in Porto Maurizio, Italy, on December 21st, 1803. His father, Giovan Battista Vianelli, originally from Veneto, had married a Parisian and consequently changed his name to Vianelly or Viennelly and assumed French nationality, becoming Napoleon’s consular agent in Porto Maurizio. Achille kept his new surname and French nationality until after 1938. From Porto Maurizio the family moved to Otranto, where Achille spent his youth. In 1819 he was in Naples, to study…

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achille vianelli

1803 - 1894

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