Background
His father was a well-known music composer, and Vaccai did not dedicate himself to painting until after twenty years of age.
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Giuseppe Vaccai
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The family sent him to the Sapienza University of Rome to train as a lawyer But in Rome, his fellow Pesarese, Cavaliere Carlo Gavardini, introduced him to the landscape artist, Jean-Achille Benouville who took him in his studio. His canvases reproduce the pine forests of Ravenna as well as the valleys and coasts of central Italy.
Among his works are: Il fosso Ghiaia a Ravenna.
Sulle sponde del Nera. Intorno alla Pineta; The Adriatic Beach in Pesaro.
And Albacina. In 1870 at Parma, he exhibited a Vallala di Poschiavo dal monte Cavagna.
In 1877 at Naples, he exhibited a Fosso Ghiaia nella Pineta di Ravenna and a Paesaggio. Among his works exhibited in Turin, Milan, Rome and Bologna, were: In riva all" Adriatico.
Sulle colline. Marina di Pesaro a levante.
Marina di Pesaro verso Cattolica. Le foci di Piobbico; Stazione di Foligno.
And Appennino Metaurense.
Membership
He became an associate member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and in his last decade became a deputy in parliament.
