Mario Prayer (1887-1959) was an

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painter, mainly of frescoes for churches or large halls. He collaborated closely with his brother, Guido, in many projects.

Biography

He was born in

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to Roberto Prayer Galletti, a photographer from Venice and Giovanna Boccaccini, also from Venice. Despite being without the use of his right hand, along with his brother Guido, he trained first at the

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and then at the Academy of Fine Arts of Lyon. Both brothers were called in 1915 to paint for the Superintendent of Fine Arts of Apulia and Calabria, and the brothers mainly worked in Apulia and Basilicata, including Bari and Brindisi. He painted works for the Fascist authorities. His style shows the influences of Art Nouveau or''Stilo Liberty''. He died in

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. In 1924, he had a girl named Liliana Prayer, in Bare, Italy. She died in 2002. Among his works, mainly in fresco are:Journal of the Diocese of Lecce
article by Vincenzo Paticchio, published September 27, 2013. * Allegory of the Province of Brindisi, 1949, Palazzo della Provincia, Brindisi * Frescoes/encaustics 1924, Aula Magna,

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* Frescoes, 1921, Council Hall of Toritto, Apulia 1921 * Frescoes, 1927, Sala Giuseppina or Cinema Oriente of Kursaal Santalucia, Bari * Frescoes, 1933–34, Potenza Cathedral, Potenza * Frescoes, 1933, Chiesa dell’Immacolata nel quartiere Tiburtino, Rome * Frescoes depicting Life of Mary, 1942, Basilica Madonna della Coltura, Parabita * Frescoes, 1930, Palazzo di Città, Bari * Oil on Panel, Madonna del Carmine, 1949, Chiesa Matrice, Parish church of Monteroni * Other works are found in Gioia del Colle, Gravina, Foggia,

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, and Genzano di Lucania.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prayer Mario 1887 births 1959 deaths 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia alumni 20th-century Italian male artists