Nicolino calyo biography of christopher

Born in Naples, Nicolino Calyo was an accomplished American nineteenth-century view painter who brought the practice of his classical European training to vibrant portrayals of the American scene, like this view of New Orleans.

He studied at the Naples Academy, where he learned Neoclassical, Italian, and Dutch landscape techniques and traditions.

Nicolino calyo biography of christopher

Calyo fled Italy in 1821, having participated in an unsuccessful rebellion against Ferdinand I (formerly IV), the Bourbon King of Naples. Over the next several years, he traveled, sketched, and painted in Europe.

Living in Malta from 1829 to 1832, Calyo taught drawing and then spent the following year in Granada, where his father held a position with the court of the Neapolitan-born Queen Christina.

At the beginning of the Carlist War in 1833, Calyo left Spain for America, traveling first to the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, and then settling in Baltimore the following year. There, he held exhibitions of his large-scale European vie