Marco de Gregorio
Marco De Gregorio was an Italian painter, who would form part of the School of Resina, painting works that spanned the spectrum from historical to genre topics.
Biography
He was born in Resina near Naples. He studied at the Academy of [Fine Arts of Naples] after 1850, where he was influenced by Gonsalvo Carelli and Giacinto Gigante. An ardent patriot, in 1860 he joined Garibaldi and even participated in the Battle of Volturnus.On his returning to Campania in 1860-1861, he moved to Resina, where Giuseppe De Nittis, Adriano Cecioni, and Federigo Rossano were also soon working. These would constitute the nucleus of the School of Resina, an artists' group founded by de Greggorio, Rossano and Nittis. Sometime later, the painters Raffaele Belliazzi, Alceste Campriani, Antonio Leto and Edoardo Dalbono also joined the group. De Greggorio was the most vibrant personality in the group. Working in the Neapolitan countryside, members of this group were isolated from other art groups or movements and tended to focus on Morellism and folklore painting. Although an active member of the group, de Greggorio always imparted an individual finesse to his work, an avant-garde style rich in the synthesis of various styles, yet revealing a profound sense of the artist's individual feelings and poetry.
In around 1870, he travelled to Egypt, and some of his subsequent paintings have Orientalist themes. the Arab Market and Egyptian Boys, now in the San Martino Art Museum, are examples of his later work. He died in Naples in 1875.