Francesco Mancini-Ardizzone (

Acireale Acireale (; scn, Jaciriali, locally shortened to ''Jaci'' or ''Aci'') is a coastal city and ''comune'' in the north-east of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy, at the foot of Mount Etna, on the coast facing the Ionian Sea. ...

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, October 26, 1863 - 1948) was an Italian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. He painted diverse subject matter, including portraits,

genre Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other for ...

, and sacred subjects, as well as landscapes and seascapes of the Southern Italian and Sicilian coasts.

Biography

He initially studied in Acireale under

Antonino Bonaccorsi Antonino Bonaccorsi also called ''il Chiaro'' (June 1826, in Acireale, Sicily – 1897) was an Italian people, Italian painter.Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, where, influenced by the school of

Domenico Morelli Domenico Morelli (4 August 182313 August 1901) was an Italian painter, who mainly produced historical and religious works. Morelli was immensely influential in the arts of the second half of the 19th century, both as director of the Accademia di ...

, he became attached to the

Realism Realism, Realistic, or Realists may refer to: In the arts *Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts Arts movements related to realism include: *Classical Realism *Literary realism, a move ...

style. From 1885 to 1886, he traveled to Rome, where he exhibited landscapes at the Mostre degli Amatori e Cultori (1886, ''In dicembre'' and ''Marina''). He returned to Acireale, where he was highly prolific, including painting in many churches and public buildings, including the cupola of the

Acireale Cathedral Acireale Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Acireale, ''Cattedrale Maria Santissima Annunziata'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the city of Acireale in Sicily, province of Catania, Italy. It was dec ...

(1895-1899). The pendentives of the dome have the four evangelist by the 18th century baroque painter

Pietro Paolo Vasta Piero or Pietro Paolo Vasta (31 July 1697 - 28 November 1760) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in the east of his native Sicily. Biography He was born in Acireale. and initially trained with both the painters Giacint ...

, while Mancini painted the scenes in the drum of the dome, depicting four episodes of the Old Testament. The transept has a ''Burial of Saint Sebastian'' by the artist. He also painted for the Basilica of the Collegiata di San Sebastiano (Cupola and transepts, including ''Jesus emerges from the tomb'', 1899–1901); in the Church of the Oratory of the Philippines (''Holy Family''), and the Palazzo Comunale. In the church of the Minorites in

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

, he painted a canvas on the ''Souls of Purgatory''. He also painted altarpieces in the churches of

Riposto Riposto ( scn, Ripostu) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Catania area of southern Italy. The small seafront town is located about southeast of Palermo and about north of Catania. History Riposto is both historically and literally conn ...

Piedimonte Etneo Piedimonte Etneo ( Sicilian: ''Piemunti'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about northeast of Catania. Piedimonte Etneo borders the following mu ...

, and Acitrezza (''St John the Baptist'', church of San Giovanni Batista). Many of his paintings, both seascapes and portraits, were donated to the Pinacoteca Zelantea in Acireale. The Zelantea gallery contains a self-portrait. In 1884 at Turin, he exhibited ''Pescatori in Sicilia'' and ''Finalmente si è addormentato''. In 1887 at Venice, he exhibited: ''Da Vietri ad

Amalfi Amalfi (, , ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 metres, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramatic c ...

''; ''Pioggia''; ''Pattuglia''; ''Il castello d'Arci''. Other works are: ''Tempo triste''; ''Madre amorosa''; and ''Il ritorno dei pescatori''.''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti''
by

Angelo de Gubernatis Count Angelo De Gubernatis (1840–26 February 1913), Italian man of letters, was born in Turin and educated there and at Berlin, where he studied philology. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature fourteen times. Life In 1862 he wa ...

. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 275.

References

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