Salvatore Marchesi ( Parma, 1852 – 1926) was an Italian painter, mainly painting interior scenes of churches. A roughly contemporary Salvatore Marchesi was a prominent Sicilian baritone.

Biography

He initially studied in Parma, graduating in 1871 with a diploma in the teaching of design. Later at Rome he was an assistant teacher in the Courses of Descriptive Geometry at the University, where he then began to practice his art. In 1873, he exhibited at the Brera Academy, his painting depicting the ''Choir of the church of San Giovanni of Parma'' was awarded the Prince Umberto prize. He also won an award at the 1876 International Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. In 1876, he was also nominated to be honorary associate of the

Academy of Fine Arts of Parma The Accademia di Belle Arti di Parma (Academy of Fine Arts of Parma) is an artistic institution in the city of Parma, Italy. It is presently located in a wing of the Palazzo della Pilotta in the center of the city. History The Academy originated ...

. He displayed in 1877 at Naples; some of the paintings were chosen by the Ministry for the 1878 International Exposition of Paris, and obtained for him the title of Honorary Associate of the Società Cooperativa of Roman Artists. He exhibited at the Mostra Nazionale of Turin in 1884 a canvas titled ''Prime note'' acquired by the Museo Civico Revoltella of Trieste. From 1881 to 1885 he was professor of the School of Art in Brescia; in 1885, he was named director. In 1886, he won by contest the appointment as a professor of Perspective in the Royal Institute of Fine Arts of Palermo; that year, he published an instruction guide to perspective drawing, titled: ''Principii fondamentali di prospettiva lineare esposti con nuovi metodi per facilitare all' artista la ricerca del vero''. At the Mostra Artistica di Palermo, he exhibited ''I bibliofili''; ''In coro''; and '' La Zisa''. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, Page 278.

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19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 1852 births 1926 deaths Painters from Parma Italian vedutisti 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub