Background
Sacerdote was born in Turin, and first apprenticed in the studio of Vittorio Avondo, director of the museum till 1910.
Sacerdote was born in Turin, and first apprenticed in the studio of Vittorio Avondo, director of the museum till 1910.
Foreign 23 years, he served as secretary-conservator at the Museo Civico of Turin. He mainly painted landscapes. In 1900, Sacerdote began exhibiting at the Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti, and in 1903, when he joined the group, at the Turinese Circle of Artists.
Sacerdote was influenced by local landscape painters including Lorenzo Delleani and the school of Rivara.
This latter group painted outdoors on scene, and were interested in capturing seasons, times, and weather. WIth his camera, he often took pictures to help his painting.
He also documented many sites of the medieval architecture still extant in his time.
