Antonio Pio (

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

, 1809 – London, 1871) was an

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painter, depicting history, literary themes, and genre pieces.

Biography

He studied in Rome at the

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under

Tommaso Minardi Tommaso Minardi (December 4, 1787 – January 12, 1871) was an Italian painter and author on art theory, active in Faenza, Rome, Perugia, and other towns. He painted in styles that transitioned from Neoclassicism to Romanticism. Biography Mi ...

, worked in Cesena during the 1840s, after which he moved around for many years, between the cities of Florence, Paris and London, where he died in 1871. Pio was also a portrait painter, and painted a “Pastorello” now in the

Pinacoteca Comunale di Cesena The collections of the Pinacoteca Comunale di Cesena, in Cesena, Italy, contain works by: *Antonio Aleotti (Argenta, doc. from 1494 – Cesena, 1527) * Francesco Andreini (painter) (Cesena, 1697–1751) **''Allegory of Charity'' **''Portr ...

. He painted an ''Apotheosis of Dante'' for the Sipario of the Municipal theater of Cesena.Cesena Municipal Art Gallery
short biography.

References

1809 births 1871 deaths People from Cesena 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian male artists {{italy-artist-stub