Salvatore Petruolo

Salvatore Petruolo (January 4, 1857 in Catanzaro, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – 1946 in Naples, Italy[1]), was an Italian painter.

Petruolo was a pupil of Gabriele Smargiassi at the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples.

His landscapes from 1875 to 1898 show the style of the School of Posillipo with influences of Edoardo Dalbono.

His studio was visited by people including Empress Frederick, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Prince of Battenberg, Princess Louise, sister of King Edward of England.

[3] He went on a painting trip to Spain visiting Granada, Seville, Cordoba and Zaragoza.