Luca Postiglione: A Neapolitan Realist Painter Shaping the Landscape of Early Twentieth Century Art Luca Postiglione (October 18, 1876 in Naples – November 28, 1936) was an Italian painter, primarily renowned for his captivating portraits and evocative genre scenes executed in a distinctive realist style. Born into a family steeped in artistic tradition—his father Luigi Postiglione was also a painter of sacred subjects—Luca’s formative years were profoundly shaped by the tutelage of Salvatore Postiglione, his elder brother and mentor, who instilled within him a dedication to meticulous obser…