Francesco Coppola Castaldo

[2] His preference for landscapes developed early in his career, and he worked in tempera and gouache as well as oils.

Naples and the surrounding areas were his favorite subjects, and included seascapes as well as landscapes.

He would occasionally create religious scenes; influenced by his continuing friendship with his teacher, Morelli.

Three of his works, A Grove, At the Decline of the Day and On the Shore of the Sea, exhibited at the Society in 1872, 1877 and 1881, were purchased by Vittorio Emanuele II and Umberto I.

According to Angelo De Gubernatis, he also exhibited a seascape at the Paris Salon of 1886, and one of his paintings of Vesuvius was awarded a gold medal there at an unspecified date.