Andrea Suppa

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Andrea Suppa (* 1628 in Messina ; † 1671 ibid) was an Italian painter and architect of the Baroque period in Sicily .

Life

In Messina he was first the student of Bartolomeo Tricomi and then the Flemish painter Abraham Casembroot (* in Bruges 1594; † 1658 in Messina). His classmates at Casembroot were Filippo Giannetto and Domenico Guargena . Suppa painted his frescoes and panel paintings mostly on behalf of the church in Messina and the surrounding area. His pupil in Messina was Antonio Bova (1628–1771).

Many of his works were destroyed by the severe earthquake of 1908 .

He also designed the Santuario di Montevergine in Messina, which was realized in 1654.

Works

  • Santuario di Montevergine (Messina) designed by Andrea Suppa (before 1654)
  • Chiesa SS. Annunziata (Messina): ceiling fresco in the Cappella di S. Gregorio and panel “Assumption of Mary”. Chiesa San Domenico (Messina): stained glass of the windows, shared with Scilla
  • Chiesa di San Domenico - Oratorio di San Francesco (Messina) frescoes

literature

  • Andrea Suppa. In: Jakob Philipp Hackert : Memorie De 'Pittori Messinesi e Degli Esteri che in Messina fiorirono dal secolo XII. fino al secolo XIX. Pappalardo, Messina 1821, pp. 151-155 ( babel.hathitrust.org ).
  • Georg Kaspar Nagler: Suppa, Andrea . In: New general artist lexicon or news of the life and works of painters, sculptors, builders, copper engravers, shape cutters, lithographers, draftsmen, medalists, ivory workers, ... Volume 17 : Sole, GG-Surugue, L . Fleischmann, Munich 1847, p. 568-569 ( books.google.de ).
  • Suppa, Andrea . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 297-298 .
  • Francesco Susinno: Le Vite de 'Pittori Messinesi (= Università di Messina. Pubblicazioni dell' Istituto di storia dell 'arte medioevale e moderna. Volume 1). Testo, introduzione e note bibliografiche a cura di Valentino Martinelli. Le Monnier, Florence 1960.
personal data
SURNAME Suppa, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1628
PLACE OF BIRTH Messina
DATE OF DEATH 1671
Place of death Messina