About Gennaro Ruo
Lived 1852 – 1884 (aged 31–32). Gennaro Ruo was an Italian painter and artist.
Gennaro Ruo (1812 - 1884) was an Italian painter, active in Naples, painting both religious-historical subjects, and portraits.
Biography He studied, and later taught, painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. He obtained a stipend from the Neapolitan authorities to study in Rome circa 1841. Among his pupils at the academy were Raffaele Armenise, Federico Rossano, and Luigi Medollo.
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Italian painter (1812-1884)
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Gennaro Ruo was born in 1852 in Naples.
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Gennaro Ruo died in 1884 in Naples.
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Gennaro Ruo was a painter and artist.
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