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Francesco Mancini-Ardizzone (Acireale, Sicily, October 26, 1863 - 1948)〔(Istituto Matteucci ) short biography.〕〔Day of birth in Agostino Mario Commanduci's ''I pittori italiani dell'ottocento: dizionario critico e documentario''.〕〔The Zelantea Gallery cites the year of death as 1848. ().〕 was an Italian painter. He painted diverse subject matter, including portraits, genre, 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, but garnering a stipend from the municipality, he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, where, influenced by the school of Domenico Morelli, he became attached to the Realism style.〔Galleria Zelantea.〕 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 (1895-1899). The pendentives of the dome have the four evangelist by the 18th century baroque painter Pietro Paolo Vasta, 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.〔( Private Acireale tourism site ).〕 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, he painted a canvas on the ''Souls of Purgatory''. He also painted altarpieces in the churches of Riposto, Piedimonte Etneo, 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.〔Istituto Matteucci.〕〔(Galleria Roma ) short biography.〕〔Galleria Zelantea Brif notes.〕 The Zelantea gallery contains a self-portrait.〔(Zelantea Gallery site )〕 In 1884 at Turin, he exhibited ''Pescatori in Sicilia'' and ''Finalmente si è addormentato''. In 1887 at Venice, he exhibited: ''Da Vietri ad Amalfi''; ''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. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 275.〕 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「Francesco Mancini-Ardizzone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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