Gennaro Pardo

Gennaro Pardo (born April 12, 1865 in Castelvetrano ; † September 4, 1927 there ) was an Italian painter in Sicily .

Life

Pardo studied law at the University of Palermo in 1884 , where he made friends with the painter Francesco Lojacono . This encouraged Pardo to turn to painting. After completing his law degree in 1890, he went to Naples as a soldier , where he then studied figurative painting under Domenico Morelli and Filippo Palizzi at the Istituto di Belle Arti . He learned landscape painting in Palermo with Lojacono. In 1898 he returned to his hometown and from 1900 to 1901 created frescoes in the Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista. Work followed in the area of Trapani .

In addition to fresco painting in churches and history paintings for public buildings, he painted portraits, landscapes, marine pieces and still lifes or designed backdrops for the theater in his hometown.

Temple ruins in Selinunte

Several of his works have been shown in exhibitions alongside paintings by Salvator Rosa . In 1904 he exhibited a watercolor with a Sicilian landscape, in 1911 the ruins of the ancient temple in Selinunte . In 1958 Castelvetrano dedicated a memorial exhibition to him (curator: Benedetto Patera; with catalog)

Works (selection)

Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Castelvetrano): wall fresco John the Baptist in the dungeon (1902–1904)
Teatro Selinus (Castelvetrano - Selinunte): painted theater curtain
Vaso di Pandora (Sala Consiliare del Comune, Castelvetrano)
Madonna dei peccatori (Chiesa di San Bartolomeo, Castelvetrano)
Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Palermo) : paintings L'Heraion di Selinunte (1920/21), Le Colonne rialzate del Tempio C di Selinunte (from 1927) and Graditana (around 1925)
Palazzo Brignole Durazzo ( Genoa ): Exhibition December 2007 with the painting Still life with fish

literature

Pardo, Gennaro . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932, p. 228 .
Benedetto Patera: Gennaro Pardo . Corrao, Trapani 1958, OCLC 1088818449 .
David Camporeale: Gli affreschi di Gennaro Pardo nella Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista in Castelvetrano. In: Arte Cristiana. ISSN 0004-3400 , Volume 105, No. 898, (gennaio-febbraio) 2017.
David Camporeale: Riscoprire Gennaro Pardo (= Profili d'arte ). Kalós edizioni, Palermo 2019, ISBN 978-88-98777-82-2 (Italian).

Web links

Commons : Gennaro Pardo - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Pardo Gennaro . In: Enrico Giannelli, Eduardo Dalbono (eds.): Artisti napoletani viventi - pittori, scultori ed architetti . Melfi & Joele, Naples 1916, p. 356 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Gli affreschi del Pardo su una rivista internazionale . In: CastelvetranoSelinunte.it . ( castelvetranoselinunte.it [accessed July 15, 2017]).
↑ David Camporeale: Il sipario del Teatro "Selinus" dipinto as Gennaro Pardo. February 3, 2017, accessed September 4, 2017 (Italian).
^ David Camporeale: Di due “opere pubbliche” di Gennaro Pardo conservate a Castelvetrano. July 2017, accessed September 4, 2017 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Pardo, Gennaro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 12, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH	Castelvetrano
DATE OF DEATH	September 4, 1927
Place of death	Castelvetrano

[1] Pardo Gennaro . In: Enrico Giannelli, Eduardo Dalbono (eds.): Artisti napoletani viventi - pittori, scultori ed architetti . Melfi & Joele, Naples 1916, p. 356 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Gli affreschi del Pardo su una rivista internazionale . In: CastelvetranoSelinunte.it . ( castelvetranoselinunte.it [accessed July 15, 2017]).

[3] David Camporeale: Il sipario del Teatro "Selinus" dipinto as Gennaro Pardo. February 3, 2017, accessed September 4, 2017 (Italian).

[4] David Camporeale: Di due “opere pubbliche” di Gennaro Pardo conservate a Castelvetrano. July 2017, accessed September 4, 2017 (Italian).