Salvatore Lo Forte
Salvatore Lo Forte (born March 20, 1804 in Palermo , † January 10, 1885 ibid) was an Italian painter of late classicism in Sicily .
Life
Initially a student of Vincenzo Riolo , Lo Forte then attended the Accademia del Nudo in Palermo. Eventually he went to Rome on a scholarship , where he became a student of Vincenzo Camuccini .
Back in Palermo in 1827 he was given a chair at the Accademia del Nudo. He created numerous portraits and altarpieces.
While his portraits were famous, his paintings for churches, mostly painted in a strict academic-classical style, often met with criticism from his contemporaries.
Works (selection)
- Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella (Palermo): “Saint Nicholas of Bari calms the storm” (1852) as well as “The miracle of Blessed Valfrè”, and several putti
- Chiesa San Filippo Neri ( Messina ): The Blessed Sebastiano Valfrè (1884)
- Benedictine Monastery Church ( Adernò ): Saint Benedict
- Poor Clare Monastery ( Noto ): Saints Benedict and Scholastica
- San Nicolò da Tolentino (Palermo) : “Saint Joseph”
- Chiesa di Santa Maria del Bosco di Calatamauro : Mary, Augustine and other saints
- Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Palermo) : portraits “Portrait of a Young Nobleman” (1835–1845); “Portrait of Michele Pintacuda” (around 1855); "Portrait of Signora Pintacuda" (around 1855); two portraits "Giuseppe Garibaldi" (1860 and 1870)
literature
- Lo Forte, Salvatore . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 23 : Leitenstorfer – Mander . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1929, p. 329 .
- Maria Viveros: Lo Forte, Salvatore. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 65: Levis-Lorenzetti. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2005.
Web links
Commons : Salvatore Lo Forte - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry in the Archivio Biografico Comunale of Palermo (with year of birth 1809)
- "Ottocento siciliano" at galleriaroma.it ( Memento from November 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lo Forte, Salvatore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palermo |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1885 |
| Place of death | Palermo |