Ferdinando Cicconi (1831 – 1886) was an Italian painter, active in a

Romantic Romantic may refer to: Genres and eras * The Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement of the 18th and 19th centuries ** Romantic music, of that era ** Romantic poetry, of that era ** Romanticism in science, of that e ...

style.

Biography

Ferdinando was born in

Colli del Tronto Colli del Tronto ("Tronto's hills") is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about northeast of Ascoli Piceno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3 ...

, but studied in Rome at the

Academy of St Luke The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fir ...

under the direction of

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 ...

. Returning to his native region, he decorated the anteroom of the

Teatro Ventidio Basso The Ventidio Basso Theater is the communal theater, concert hall, and opera house in the city of Ascoli Piceno region of Marche, Italy. It is located on via del Trivio, in front main cloister of the church of San Francesco, near piazza del Popolo. ...

Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno (; la, Asculum; dialetto ascolano: Ascule) is a town and ''comune'' in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is around 46,000 but the urban area of the city has more than 93,000. Geo ...

and the Teatro of San Elpidio a Mare. He painted some patriotic canvases depicting a ''Patriotic Demonstration at the Piazza del Popolo in Rome'' and the ''Entry of the Piedmontese Army through the Porta Maggiore'' both displayed in the Pinacoteca civica of the commune of Colli del Tronto. His colorful small villa, located between Colli del Tronto and Ascoli Piceno, has a striking rich and colorful facade, to which he contributed the design and decoration. On the facade are busts of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael. Ciccone was unable to complete the interior fresco decoration.Villa Cicconi
official website.

References

1831 births 1886 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters People from the Province of Ascoli Piceno 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-artist-stub