Domenico Morelli

Morelli, Domenico (Italian painter and teacher, 1823-1901)

Oxford Art Online: Italian painter and teacher. Unique among his Italian colleagues in enjoying an international reputation in his lifetime, he was, with Filippo Palizzi (see PALIZZI, (2)), the leading exponent of the Neapolitan school of painting in the second half of the 19th century and a major figure in the artistic and cultural life of Italy. His realistic treatment of Romantic subjects revitalized academic painting, and his bold rendering of light and dark and his use of colour influenced both academic artists and more innovative painters such as the Macchiaioli.(Efrem Gisella Calingaert. "Morelli, Domenico." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press, accessed July 1, 2015. www.oxfordartonline.com).