Giacomo Di Chirico

Giacomo Ernesto Eduardo Di Chirico was an Italian painter. Together with Domenico Morelli and Filippo Palizzi, he was one of the most elite Neapolitan artists of the 19th century.

Giacomo Di Chirico was born in Venosa into a carpenters family, the younger son of Luigi and Caterina Savino. In 1847, when Di Chirico was barelyyears old, his father Luigi died, leaving the family impoverished. He attended a private school for boys from deprived families under the supervision of priest Giuseppe Gianturco, the brother of politician Emanuele Gianturco. He began working at a barbershop in order to support his family economically but had become passionate about his painting hobby, after learning basic art techniques from his older brother, Nicola, a sculptor.

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