Paolo Emilio Morgari (

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, 1815 – Turin, 1882) was an Italian painter, primarily of religious subjects.

Biography

Paolo Emilio was born to a family of painters. His father, Giuseppe Maria Morgari (1788-1847), was his first teacher. His brother

Rodolfo Morgari Rodolfo Morgari (Turin, 1827 – Turin 1909) was an Italian painter, primarily of genre and historical scenes. Biography Rodolfo was born to a family of painters. Rodolfo's son was Pietro Morgari (1852-1885). His brother was Paolo Emilio ...

was a prominent painter and professor of the

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in Turin.

. Paolo Emilio had three children:

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(1857-1935) and

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(1858-1936), both painters, and Oddino (1865-1944), a journalist and politician. Paolo Emilio's wife, Clementina Morgari Lomazzi, was also a painter. At the Academy, he also worked under Giovan Battista Biscarra. Morgari painted mainly altarpieces and large church

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cycles. He painted in the following churches of Turin: Church of San Massimo (1853), Church of Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro (1858-1859), the Church of the Visitazione, and, in collaboration with Rodolfo his brother, in the Church of San Carlo. In collaboration with Luigi Hartmann (1807-1884), he helped decorate (1861-1866) the cathedral of

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and the parish church in

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. He painted the

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. Paolo Emilio was also active as an engraver and

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. He engraved drawings for the ''Elements of Physiologic Anatomy'' (1839) used by the students at the Accademia Albertina. In collaboration with

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, he helped decorate the stairwell entrance to the

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and the

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of the city hall of Turin (1865). Arte Piemonte website
biography by Stella 71.

References

19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 1815 births 1882 deaths Italian engravers Religious artists Fresco painters Painters from Turin 19th-century Italian male artists Artists from the Kingdom of Sardinia {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub