 In 1877 he took up a teaching post at the city's Academy and was one of the founders of the "Circolo Artistico Napoletano" in 1888.His participation in the major national exhibitions in Italian cities included those in Turin (1880 and 1884) and in Milan (1881).His landscapes inspired by the countryside and customs of the Abruzzi, Apulia, and Calabria regions were accompanied in this period by his more fashionable scenes of city life painted during frequent stays in Paris and London, which found great favour with the collectors of the time.