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Calcedonio Reina (Catania, Sicily February 4, 1842 – Catania, November 10, 1911) was an Italian painter and poet. He is described as having a melancholic and neurasthenic temperament in life and art. ==Biography== His father was a prominent surgeon in Sicily, and who wished for a career in Medicine for his son. Calcedonio moved to Naples in 1864, and soon found himself making copies of the classic sculptures in the Capodimonte Museum. He was accepted as a pupil of the Institute of Fine Arts by Domenico Morelli. Soon thereafter he traveled to Florence, and Rome, painting interiors and vedute of ruins, designing statues and busts. He was prolific during this period. Among his paintings are ''Il Cieco pompeiano''; ''Suor Clara sedotta dal demonio''; and ''Una scena dell'89''. In 1877 at the National Exposition of Fine Arts in Naples, he displayed ''Accaduto nel coretto''; ''Miserere''; ''Exagitatio''; and ''Ada''. In 1881 at Turin, and the next year at Milan, he exhibited ''Amore e morte''. This painting is depicts a couple in amorous kiss, in front of the arrayed rows of mummified corpses in the Catacombs of Cappuccini of Palermo. It is a morbid, almost ghoulish, commentary on Hayez's ''The Kiss''.〔(''Amore e Morte'' ) at the Museo del Castello Ursino in Palermo.〕 In 1883 at Rome, he exhibited ''Per Montecarlo'' (lost); and ''È lui..'' (Accaduto nel Coretto). In Berlin in 1883 and London in 1888, he exhibited paintings titled ''Temptation''. In 1891-1892 at Palermo, he exhibited ''Campagne d'una volta'' and ''Expiation''. In 1897 at the Brera Triennale of Milan, he sent a painting titled ''Vendetta''. In 1898 at Turin, he sent a painting titled ''Nyosoumba'' and to St Petersburg, Russia, he sent ''Ti aspetto''. His book of poetry: ''Canti della Patria'' was warmly received by contemporaries such as Victor Hugo, Guerrazzi, and Tommasèo. Calcedonio was a friend of the famed Sicilian poet Mario Rapisardi.〔( ''Artisti Napoletani Viventi: Pittori, scultori, incisori, ed Architetti.'' ) by Enrico Gianelli, preface by Eduardo Dalbono. Tipografia Melfi e Joele, Naples, 1916, page 400-402.〕〔( ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.'' ), by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 410.〕 The house where he lived and died in Catania has an outside plaque stating he was '' a poet in painting, and painter in poetry''.〔Plaque reads: Calcedonio Reina/Cuore e mente d'artista/Incarno potentemente/incarnó potentemente/il pensiero geniale/nella magia dei colori e dei versi/e fu poeta nella pittura/pittore nella poesia/in questa casa ov'egli visse e morí/la patria/a perenne ricordo.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Calcedonio Reina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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