Giuseppe Vaccaro (painter)

Giuseppe Vaccaro (born December 25, 1793 in Caltagirone , † February 17, 1866 there ) was an Italian painter , sculptor and restorer of the 19th century in Sicily .

Life

In Caltagirone he opened a workshop "Manifattura Bongiovanni e Vaccaro" with his brother Francesco Vaccaro (1808–1882). Numerous altarpieces and frescoes were created under his direction .

The series of altarpieces in the cathedral of Caltagirone is particularly worth seeing .

Because of some similar names, the assignment of his works is not clear in all cases. Ceramic figures in Sicilian costumes for nativity scenes, some of which are ascribed to him in literature, are more likely to be considered works by his namesake Giuseppe Vaccaro (1808–1889).

Works (selection)

Cathedral (Caltagirone): panel paintings of St. Mary Magdalene , Febronia of Nisibis , Eligius , James the Elder and Kajetan of Thiene as well as the twelve year old Jesus in the temple

literature

Vaccaro, sizil. Painter family . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 25 .
Agostino Mario Comanducci: Dizionario illustrato dei pittori, disegnatori e incisori italiani moderni e contemporanei. 4th edition, Volume 5: Ros – Zyl. Patuzzi, Milan 1974, p. 436.
Vito Librando, Annamaria Ficarra (eds.): Giuseppe, Francesco e Mario Vaccaro, pittori del XIX secolo [exhibition catalog]. Ediprint, Siracusa 1991, ISBN 88-7260-034-0 .
Luigi Sarullo: Dizionario degli artisti siciliani. Volume 3: Scultura. Novecento, Palermo 1994.

Individual evidence

^ Vaccaro, Giuseppe (1793–1866), Painter, sculptor. In: Bénézit Dictionary of Artists doi: 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00187516 (subscription access).

personal data
SURNAME	Vaccaro, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 25, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH	Caltagirone
DATE OF DEATH	February 17, 1866
Place of death	Caltagirone

[1] Vaccaro, Giuseppe (1793–1866), Painter, sculptor. In: Bénézit Dictionary of Artists doi: 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00187516 (subscription access).