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Orsola Faccioli or Licata Faccioli (August 16, 1823 –1906) was an Italian painter, mainly of vedute and interior scenes. ==Biography== She was born in Vicenza, the last of seven siblings, of which only three reached adulthood. Her family arranged for her to study at the Accademia of Venice. In a number of contests, she won the silver medal at the Accademia.〔(''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti'' ), by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, pp. 262–263.〕 In 1848, she married professor Siciliano Antonio (Antonino) Licata. She moved with him to Naples, but exhibited and traveled throughout Italy with him, till his death in 1892. In 1867, she was named instructor of elements of design at the Neapolitan Istituto Privati degli Educandati femminili.〔(Biography of Orsola Faccioli ) from ''Orsola Faccioli e Antonio Licata, una coppia di artisti'' by Paola Meneghello.〕 She was elected Academic Associates of the Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia, and of the Academy of Venice in 1864.〔Gubernatis.〕〔(Women in the Fine Arts: From the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.'' ), by Clara Erskine Clement Waters, 1904, page 212.〕 In the Pinacoteca di Vicenza there is a vedute incorporating historical events: ''Victor Emmanuel II shows himself to the people of Vicenza from the balcony of Palazzo Chiericati'' (painted 1869).〔(Museo Civici Vicenza ) painting of ''Victor Emmanuel shows himself to people''...〕〔(Banca Intesa ) on exhibition of painting of ''Victor Emmanuel shows himself to people''...〕 Among other works: ''L'Isola di San Giorgio of Venice'' and ''Piazza Navona of Rome'' (Exhibited in Rome with Società degli Amatori e Cultori, 1851).〔Istituto Matteucci biography.〕 At the Pinacoteca of the Capodimonte Museum, were found: ''Il coro dei Cappuccini at Rome''. The City of Naples possessed: ''La villa nazionale con la musica'' (nighttime interior); ''L'interior of the church of San Marcellino''; ''Interior of the chapel of the Immacolata of the Chiesa dell'Ascensione a Chiaia''. The Casa Reale of Naples once displayed: ''Interior staircase of Palazzo Reale of Naples''. At Hamburg, she displayed a canvas depicting: ''Veduta di Capodimonte''; at Venice, ''Una veduta di San Marcellino''. Her canvas of ''Il fiume Bacchiglione'' merited a silver medal first class at the Venice exhibition.〔Gubernatis.〕 Other works include ''Festa del 6 ottobre'' (exhibited at Promotrici Salvator Rosa, Naples in 1875); ''Una veduta della facciata di San Giorgio al Velabro'' (1851, Rome Società degli Amatori e Cultori);〔Istituto Matteucci biography.〕 and ''Arum Italicum'', exhibited at Milan in 1881.〔CE Clement Waters.〕 Her son, Giovanni Battista Licata (Naples 1859 - Jaldessa, near Harar, 1886), was a scientist and explorer, who was killed during an colonizing expedition by Count Pietro Porro to Harar, in Ethiopia.〔(Treccani Encyclopedia ) biography.〕 She is said to have stopped painting in 1892 when her husband died. She is buried in the cemetery of Poggioreale in Naples next to her husband. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orsola Faccioli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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