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Attilio Pratella (born 1856 in Lugo di Romagna, Italy; died 1949 in Naples, Italy) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Pratella studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna. He won a scholarship, so he went to Naples to study at the local Accademia, where he spent the rest of his life.

His favourite subjects were Naples with its markets and animated waterfronts, along with the neighbouring hills of Vomero, the island of Capri and the coastline of Sorrento.

Pratella's sons Fausto and Paolo, and his daughter Ada were also painters.

His works are exhibited in the main public Italian Modern Art Galleries of Milan, Naples, and Rome.

After Pratella's death, a street in Naples was named after him.

Bibliography

· "Omaggio a Pratella". "Catalogo Mostra della Galleria Medea". Napoli, 1950

· Alfredo Schettini: "Attilio Pratella". Edizioni Morano, Napoli, 1954

· "Tre maestri napoletani : Casciaro Giuseppe, Migliaro Vincenzo, Pratella Attilio", Galleria d'arte Sant' Andrea 28 gennaio -10 febbraio 1956.Genova, 1956

· AA.VV. "Mercato della Pittura Napoletana" with preface by R. Schettini. Cin. Ed, 1978

· Saverio Amendola, "Attilio Pratella", Edizioni La Mediterranea Arte, Napoli 1999

· Mariantonietta Picone Petrusa: "La Pittura Napoletana del '900". Franco Di Mauro Editore, Napoli, 2005

· Enzo Savoia: "Attilio Pratella : il narratore dei mille volti di Napoli". Bottegantica, Bologna 2007