Giuseppe Patania

Giuseppe Patania: Ratto d 'Europa (1828–1829). Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Palermo)

Giuseppe Patania: Archimedes. Biblioteca Comunale (Palermo)

Giuseppe Patania (born January 18, 1780 in Palermo , † February 23, 1852 in Palermo) was an Italian painter of classicism in Sicily .

Life

Patania was a student of Giuseppe Velasco and Vincenzo Riolo in Palermo , then he attended the Accademia del Nudo. At first he devoted himself to subjects of sacred content, which he mostly executed as a fresco . He later switched to mythological subjects, painted altarpieces and is considered one of the best portraitists in Palermo in the 19th century. One of his students was Gerlando Marsiglia .

In 1841 Giuseppe Patania was elected an Honorary NA of the National Academy of Design in New York .

Works (selection)

Frescoes

Cathedral ( Nicosia ): Martyrdom of San Placido
Chiesa dei Basiliani ( Randazzo ): "Christ's Transfiguration"
Chiesa Omonima ( Salemi ): "Santa Chiara"
Palazzo dei Normanni (Palermo): fresco decoration in the Sala della Udienza

Altarpieces in Palermo

Chiesa Santissima Trinità della Magione (Palermo): Flagellation of Christ
Chiesa di San Giuseppe dei Teatini (Palermo): "Madonna della Catena"
Chiesa di Santa Maria di Monte Oliveto (Palermo): "Trinity"
Chiesa di San Niccolo d 'Greco (Palermo): "Transfiguration", "Last Supper" and "Baptism of Christ"

Portraits

Palazzo dei Normanni (Palermo): portraits of Cardinal Gravina, Principe di Campofranco and Marchese della Favare
Biblioteca Comunale di Palermo : Portrait of Archimedes, Portrait of Vincenzo Bellini and other Sicilians
Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Palermo) : portrait of a priest
Uffizi Gallery ( Florence ): self-portrait

There are also works by Patania in the Museo Diocesano di Palermo , in the Museo Civico Castel Ursino in the Castello Ursino in Catania, in Piana degli Albanesi the Chiesa di San Demetrio and the Chiesa di San Giorgio and in the Museo Regionale Pepoli in Trapani .

Exhibitions

GAM, Palermo : Retrospective “Giuseppe Patania nelle collezioni del Museo” . From May 16 to June 6, 1998 (with catalog)

literature

Patania, Giuseppe . 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. 291 .
A.Gallo: Necrologio di G. Patania . In: Giornale Ufficiale di Sicilia . tape 48 , no. 2 . Publisher Dario Flaccovio, Palermo 1852.
Ivana Bruno: Giuseppe Patania-Pittore dell'Ottocento, foreword MCDi Natale . Publishing house Salvatore Sciascia, Caltanissetta and Rome 1993.
Davide Lacagnina: Patania, Giuseppe. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 81: Pansini – Pazienza. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2014.

Web links

Commons : Giuseppe Patania - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Biography of Giuseppe Patania antoniorandazzo.it (Italian)
Image of Patania in the Museo Civico Castel Ursino

Individual evidence

^ Past Academicians "P" / Patania, Giuseppe Honorary 1841 , accessed September 28, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Patania, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter in Palermo
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH	Palermo
DATE OF DEATH	February 23, 1852
Place of death	Palermo

[1] Past Academicians "P" / Patania, Giuseppe Honorary 1841 , accessed September 28, 2019.