Giovanni Lentini the Elder

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Giovanni Lentini the Elder (1830 in Trapani , Sicily - 1898) was an Italian painter and set designer .

biography

He first studied with his father and then went to Palermo to study there. Among his patrons was Count Tasca, for whom he made many decorations in the Count's residence. He was trained in scenography by Morselli. He received a post as a set designer for the Royal Bellini Theater. He completed his studies with the Roman scenographer Mantovani. Lentini had many students, including the scenographer Giuseppe Cavallari. When Lentini went to the insane asylum, Cavallari took over his post.

His son Rocco Lentini (1850 in Palermo - 1943 in Venice ) was a landscape painter and graphic artist. His grandson of the same name, Giovanni Lentini the Younger (1882 in Palermo - 1948 in Milan ), was also a painter, lecturer at the Brera Academy and worked in Milan for almost three decades.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti , of Angelo de Gubernatis . Le Monnier success story, 1889
  2. ^ Galleria Recta to Rocco Lentini
  3. ^ Galleria Recta to Giovanni Lentini (dJ)
personal data
SURNAME Lentini, Giovanni the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and set designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Trapani , Sicily
DATE OF DEATH 1898