Mancinelli was born in Naples, Italy. His father, Pietro, was in the service of the noble Ventignano family. With their support, at the age of twelve, he was able to enroll at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where his primary instructor was Costanzo Angelini. At the age of seventeen, he began taking part in the Bourbon Exhibitions; winning a major award in 1835. This enabled him to go to Rome, where he studied with Vincenzo Camuccini.[1] Although he focused on Renaissance art, he also made contact with the practitioners of contemporary styles, including the German immigrant artists of the Nazarene movement and the adherents of Purismo.
He married Maddalena Arnoldi in 1840. They had seven children together. Over the next few years, he dedicated a series of drawings to his wife's family and continued to participate in the Bourbon Exhibitions. In 1847, he painted an altarpiece, depicting Saint Charles Borromeo among the plague victims, for the Church of San Carlo all'Arena. For this, he was awarded the Royal Order of Francis I.[1]
In 1851, he returned to Naples, where he won a competition for the Chair of Painting at the Institute. Two years later, he was named Professor of Design there, replacing his former teacher, Angelini, who had died.[2]
After 1860, due to the decrease of interest in historical paintings, he handed over his teaching duties to Domenico Morelli; focusing on religious and devotional subjects. Several of his works were shown in the Vatican Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle (1867). His last work, completed shortly before his death, was a depiction of the Virgin in the Temple, for the Cathedral of Altamura.[1]
^Napier, Lord Francis (1855). Notes on Modern Painting at Naples.. West Strand, London: John W. Parker and Son. pp. 32–39.
^Napoli e dintorni, Touring Club Italiano, (2001) page 119.
Further readingedit
Anna Caputi, Raffaello Causa, Raffaele Mormone (Eds.), La Galleria dell'Accademia di Belle Arti in Napoli, Banco di Napoli, 1971
Eleonora Damiani, Giuseppe Mancinelli e le sue opere, Palermo, Alberto Reber, 1906
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Mancinell's obituary from Il Buonarroti scritti... @ Google Books
Buiography @ "Mancinelli Pittori"
More works by Mancinelli and his son Gustavo @ "Mancinelli Pittori"
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