Artist Salvatore Postiglione (1861 – 1906) | ArtLiveAndBeauty

Salvatore Postiglione's Paintings

Salvatore Postiglione was born in Naples, Italy, into a painting family that included his father, Luigi Postiglione (1812-1881), uncle Raffaele (1818-1897), and cousin Luca (1876-1936). Salvatore Postiglione mostly painted portraits, historical scenes, and genre scenes in a realistic style. Salvatore created adolescent pieces on biblical subjects at the Institute of Fine Arts, but Morelli had a great effect on his style and subject matter.

His religious subjects, like Morelli's, were typically concentrated on a mystical and morbid spirituality, as demonstrated by his work San Pier Damiani at the bedside of the late Countess Adelaide of Turin, Marchioness of Susa.

In 1883, he exhibited: Anche tu fosti sposa e Maria! in Rome. Assai che incontra.

In 1881, he exhibited Arnaldo da Brescia and Pope Adrian IV in Turin.

He presented a painting by San Pier Damiano and a portrait of Maestro del Mio in the National Exhibition of 1887 in Venice.

Another Postiglione painting, Kyrie eleison, was shown in Naples.

He also decorated the Borsa Hall in Naples and the Castello Miramare in Trieste with frescoes.