Giovanni Lentini

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Giovanni Lentini (born April 29, 1882 in Palermo , † 1955 in Milan ) was an Italian painter from Sicily .

Life

Lentini was the son and pupil of Rocco Lentini and grandson of the decorative painter Giovanni Lentini the Elder (* 1830 in Trapani - 1890 in Palermo). He was mainly a painter of landscapes, genre scenes and female nudes. At the age of 18 he was already a professor at the technical school in Palermo and helped his father with the production of sets and decorations for palaces and villas of patrician families, for example with the decoration of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. In 1928 he won a competition at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. He returned to Palermo only a few times and practiced his work as a teacher and painter mainly in the Lombard capital. For his service in the First World War he was awarded the War Merit Cross and a bronze medal. In 1918 he continued his work as a painter and the Italian king bought several of his paintings, for example a picture of the bombing of the Church of St. Michael. In 1919 his war pictures were shown in a solo exhibition in the Galleria Vinciana in Milan. He also participated in other exhibitions in Italy, exhibiting works in Milan (1925), Monza (1925), Venice (1926), Brera (1920, 1923, 1925, 1932) and Rome (1935).

Works (selection)

  • Christie's Rome auction house : Monday, November 28, 2005: Paesaggio marino, 1913 and Marina con paese costiero, 1924
  • Bruun Rasmussen auction house May 31, 2010: Mareggiata and Santa Maria della Salute in Venice . Color etchings 1929

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Archivio Biografico Comunale - Lentini Rocco. Comune di Palermo, accessed November 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Lentini, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Palermo
DATE OF DEATH 1955
Place of death Milan