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Paolo Mei (18 June 1831 – 21 March 1900) was an Italian painter active in Rome. ==Biography== He was born in Rome to his father, Domenico, and his mother, Matilde Farrajoni. Parish records list the name sometimes as Meo, but Mei was used throughout his life.〔Archivio storico del Vicariato, S. Agostino, Liber mortuorum, Roma, 1894-1922〕 His father died when Paolo was three years old, and his mother died when he was 19 years old; this left him inheriting little in terms of financial resources.〔Francesco Franco, ISSN 1127-4883B - Paolo Mei (1831-1900). Notizie inedite fino al 1867, dalle lettere a Cesare Fracassini, in BTA - Bollettino Telematico dell'Arte, 13 Marzo 2008, n. 483,〕 His initial training was under Tommaso Minardi, then a professor at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.〔A. Della Massea, Cesare Fracassini, ed. Roma 1956, p. 38〕 By 1856, he had formulated a strong friendship with the painter Cesare Fracassini, who was to help him obtain many commissions.〔Francesco Franco, ISSN 1127-4883B - Paolo Mei (1831-1900). Notizie inedite fino al 1867, dalle lettere a Cesare Fracassini, in BTA - Bollettino Telematico dell'Arte, 13 Marzo 2008, n. 483,〕 He often also collaborated with Cesare Mariani. In 1859, he helped decorate the rooms in the Palazzo Raffaelli in Cingoli, in the province of Macerata. He also painted in Tivoli and Civitavecchia. Among his works for churches are: *Chapel of the Guardian Angel in the church of Santa Maria in Aquiro;〔A. Monti, Le pitture di S. Maria in Aquiro, in Il Buonarroti, July–August 1866, p. 141 n. 1〕 *Chapel of the crucifix in the church of Santa Lucia del Gonfalone; ceiling and lateral walls: only walls remain, depicting ''Madonna Addolorata''.,〔B. Magni, Le pitture del professor Cesare Mariani in S. Lucia del Gonfalone, ed. Roma 1867, p. 13〕 *Altarpiece (1869) for fourth chapel on left in the church of Santa Maria della Pace; completed a canvas of Cesare Fracassini. *''Execution of St Stefano'' and part of ''St Lawrence presents the goods of his church to the prefect of Rome'' for the Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura both either designs or partially completed by Fracassini before his death.〔Stefania Alunni ( BTA - Bollettino Telematico dell'Arte ), 25 June 2008, n. 499〕〔Guglielmo De Sanctis, Tommaso Minardi e il suo tempo, ed. Roma, 1900, p. 205〕 In 1860, he provided some designs for the engraver Giuseppe Marcucci. He painted a number of small canvases with scenes of life in Ancient Rome (also called Neo-Pompeian themes). In 1865, he traveled to Naples, where he made contact with Domenico Morelli. After the death of Minardi in 1871, he completed some of the frescoes (''Art'' and ''Poetry'') in the portico of the cemetery of Verano (Campo Verano) in Rome. Guglielmo De Sanctis completed the other two.〔Archivio di Stato di Roma, Fondo Ovidi - Minardi, b. 15, c. 247: Sottoscrizione per il monumento del prof. Minardi〕〔Treccani.it, Mei, Paolo, in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, - C. Franco - volume 2073, ed. Roma, 2009〕 He is buried in this cemetery. In 1893, he was admitted as a member to the Congregazione pontificia de’ Virtuosi of the Pantheon. Mei died in Rome on 21 March 1900. 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「Paolo Mei」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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