Salvatore Fergola

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Salvatore Fergola (born April 24, 1799 in Naples , Parthenopean Republic , † March 7, 1874 in Naples, Kingdom of Italy ) was an Italian painter who is particularly known for depicting landscapes around his hometown of Naples. As one of the most important representatives of the Posillipo School, he painted his vedute in plein air and with constantly changing light effects.

Life

Salvatore Fergola was born as one of nine children of Luigi Fergola (1768–1834) and Teresa Conti. His father was employed as a copperplate engraver at the Topographical Institute in Naples and devoted himself intensively to painting, but could never match his son's skill or success. Nevertheless, the father is considered to be the founder of a painter dynasty, as many of his children were successful in painting - in addition to Salvatore, his brothers include the engraver Filippo and the painters Alessandro and Francesco Fergola. Through his father, Salvatore came into contact with the German landscape painter Jakob Philipp Hackert , who had a strong influence on him , as a child .

Fergola began his professional career, like many other great Neapolitan painters (such as Giacinto Gigante or his father) in the Topographical Institute in his hometown. Soon, however, his great talent as a painter was discovered and from the 1810s onwards he devoted himself more and more to painting. The Bourbons ruling in Naples (or the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ) also became aware of Fergola and promoted him. In 1818 he was introduced to the Duke of Calabria (the Neapolitan heir to the throne who became King of the Two Sicilies as Francesco I Gennaro in 1825), whom he accompanied on a trip through Sicily the following year, painting various landscapes. In 1825 Fergola was appointed painter to the royal cabinet, and as a result of the imminent collapse of the kingdom in the course of the establishment of the Italian state , he is also considered the “last court painter” of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

In 1827 he was appointed professor at the Real Istituto di Belle Arti di Napoli (Neapolitan art school). His students included Achille Vertunni, Ignazio Lavagna and Giuseppe Benassai, among others.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ General artist lexicon . 38 (Fejes - Ferrari Von Kellerhof). KG Saur Verlag, 2003, ISBN 978-3-598-22778-3 , p. 253 ff .
  2. ^ Francis Napier: Notes on Modern Painting at Naples . Parker, 1855, p. 87 .
  3. ^ At Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano the exhibition by Salvatore Fergola. In: Napolike.it. December 14, 2016, accessed February 26, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Fergola, Salvatore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1874
Place of death Naples