Fedele Tirrito

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Fedele Tirrito , actually Matteo Sebastiano Palermo Tirrito (born January 18, 1717 in San Biagio Platani , † August 9, 1801 in Palermo ) was a painter, writer, preacher and Capuchin priest of the late Baroque in Sicily .

Life

1742–1751 he studied with the painter Olivio Sozzi , who was working in Palermo at the time. In 1751/52 he went to Rome and perfected his knowledge with Marco Benefial and Sebastiano Conca at the Accademia del Nudo . Most of his paintings are in the province of Agrigento , which is also where he was born. Most of his paintings can be seen in Casteltermini's Chiesa Madre . One of his students was Gaetano Mercurio . In the period from 1752 to 1754 he made 20 pictures for his order in Palermo.

In 1755 he was appointed preacher and held sermons every year during Easter week in different places in Sicily. After that he turned to spiritual activities and writing. His main works are Dialoghi familiari sopra pittura (familial dialogues on painting), which was created in 1788 and in which he expresses himself critically about the situation of contemporary art and his painter colleagues. He also wrote various dramatic and comedic writings, none of which have survived.

Fedele Tirrito was buried in the catacombs of his Capuchin order in Palermo.

plant

  • Convento dei Cappuccini, ( San Giovanni Gemini ): Main altarpiece Immacolata
  • Chiesa Madre ( Casteltermini ): Madonna and Child and St. Francis and Anthony of Padua (1741–42)
  • Chiesa Madre (Casteltermini): Madonna, angels and saints called o Porziuncola (1750–62)
  • Chiesa Madre (Casteltermini): Death of Joseph (1759–62)
  • Chiesa Madre (Casteltermini): Glory of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1759–62)
  • Chiesa Madre (Casteltermini): Madonna Immacolata (1759–62)
  • Chiesa Madre (Casteltermini): Madonna with St. Capuchins (1768)
  • Chiesa Madre (San Biagio Platani) panel painting
  • Palermo Cathedral : Glory of St. Francis and Dominic

literature

  • Fedele da S. Biagio: Dialoghi familiari sopra la pittura. Antonio Valenza, Palermo 1788 (Facsimile, a cura e con introduzione di Diana Malignaggi. Regione siciliana - Assessorato dei beni culturali ed ambientali e della pubblica istruzione - Dipartimento dei beni culturali ed ambientali ed educazione permanente, Palermo 2002).
  • Roberta Cinà: Conoscitori nella Sicilia del Settecento: Padre Fedele da San Biagio. In: Simonetta La Barbera (ed.): La critica d'arte in Sicilia nell'Ottocento. Flaccovio, Palermo 2003, ISBN 88-7804-224-2 , pp. 83-100.
  • Pietro Roccaforte: P. Fedele da S. Biagio pittore e letterato. 1717-1801. Flaccovio, Palermo 1968.
  • Luigi Pellitteri, Vittorio Pellitteri: Padre Fedele da San Biagio. Poeta della parola e del pennello. Provincia regional et al., Agrigent et al. 1998.

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personal data
SURNAME Tirrito, Fedele
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tirrito, Matteo Sebastiano Palermo (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1717
PLACE OF BIRTH San Biagio Platani
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1801
Place of death Palermo