Enrico Cavallaro
Enrico Cavallaro (born August 9, 1858 in Palermo , † 1895 in Palermo) was an Italian painter in Sicily .
Life
Cavallaro was trained by his father, the theater painter Giuseppe Cavallaro (* 1832 ) who worked at the Teatro Massimo . Then he was a student of Giovanni Lentini the elder. He mostly worked with his son Rocco Lentini (1858–1943).
He worked mainly in Palermo as a book illustrator and decorative painter in aristocratic palaces and public buildings.
One of his students was Giuseppe Enea (1853-1907).
As a teacher at the School of Applied Arts in Palermo, he published the textbook "Corso di Disegno ornamentale".
Works (selection)
- Palazzo Gangi-Valguarnera Palermo: Decorative frescoes (with Giovanni Lentini the Elder)
- Teatro Massimo (Palermo) : wall paintings in the “sala del caffè”.
- Biblioteca Francescana (Palermo): watercolors in the manuscript Storia di Carnevale (together with Rocco Lentini).
- Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Palermo) : wall paintings in two exhibition rooms in the Pompeian style (with Rocco Lentini and Giuseppe Enea).
- Watercolors in the book La vita recitata (with Rocco Lentini) New edition Enzo Sellerio Editore. Palermo 1980.
literature
- Luigi Càllari: Cavallaro, Enrico . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 6 : Carlini-Cioci . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 217 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Cavallaro Enrico in the Archivio biografico comunale
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cavallaro, Enrico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palermo |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1895 |
| Place of death | Palermo |