Education
As a young boy he apprenticed in Cuneo, under painter Pastore, then traveled to Rome, where he frequented the Academy of San Luca, winning a stipend until 1848.
As a young boy he apprenticed in Cuneo, under painter Pastore, then traveled to Rome, where he frequented the Academy of San Luca, winning a stipend until 1848.
Not to be confused with Andrea Vinai (DJ) of VINAI
He left Rome to join in the wars of Italian independence. And was wounded in the Battle of Cornuda at Treviso. After the war, he returned to the Piedmont, where he painted mainly religious subjects.
Foreign example, in the Cathedral of Mondovi, he painted:
Presbytery: Coronation of the Virgin and Four Prophets
Ceiling of San Grato: San Francesco di Sales
Chapel of San Giuseppe
Chapel of San Biagio
Second Chapel at left: Cena Domini
He also painted in the cathedrals of Solazzo and Ceva.
And churches in Carayone, Pallare, Nole, Sommariva Perno, Boves, Carrù, Santa Vittoria Trucchi, Madonna dell"Olmo, Peveragno, Trinità San Salvatore, Garresio, and Cuneo. He completed many religious paintings in Cuneo, Mondovi, Novara, Alessandria, Chiusa di Pesio in Valle Pesio, and Casale Monferrato.
In 1846 for the Crematorium of Turin, he completed a portrait of the King and of Pio IX, in 1846. Vinai taught art in public schools.
