Antonino Gandolfo
Antonino Gandolfo (born October 20, 1841 in Catania ; † March 20, 1910 ibid) was an Italian painter in Sicily .
Life
After initial training with his uncle, the portrait painter Giuseppe Gandolfo (1792–1855), he went to Florence in 1860 , where he studied under Stefano Ussi (1822–1901) and established a friendly relationship with the later Nobel laureate Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907).
At the end of 1861 he returned to Catania and was able to record his first successes with his painting.
Through his friendship with the writers Mario Rapisardi , Giovanni Verga and Luigi Capuana , who are considered to be the main representatives of literary verism , he turned to socially critical realism and expressive portraiture in his genre paintings.
Antonino Gandolfo taught at the Scuola d'Arte e Mestieri in Catania. He was the teacher of Alessandro Abate .
In 2010 the city of Aci Castello dedicated a comprehensive retrospective to him in the Palazzo Russo on the occasion of the hundredth year of his death.
Works (selection)
- University of Catania: Portrait Professor Tomaselli
- Museo Civico del Castello Ursino (Catania): Portrait of a monk
- Francesco Paolo Fontini Collection: Portrait of a Boy
literature
- Gandolfo, Antonino . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 156 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Luigi Sarullo: Dizionario degli artisti siciliani. Volume 2: Pittura. Novecento, Palermo 1993.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gandolfo, Antonino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Catania |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1910 |
| Place of death | Catania |