Education
He studied first with Giuseppe Patania, then with Andrea Doctorate"Antoni.
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Pietro Volpes
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Because of his antipathy to the Bourbon rule of Naples, he was never in competition for stipends to study in Rome. He had fought in 1848 with the revolutionary forces in Sicily. In 1858, he did get permission to travel to Rome, where he stayed two years.
His work of Famiglia Povera is located in the Galleria d’arte moderna of Palermo
He was awarded a medal by the Circolo Artistico of Palermo in 1919.
Achievements
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Among his works are: Portrait of a King, awarded with a gold medal second class in 1853 at Palermo. Portrait muliebre, also awarded a gold medal at Palermo. Louisiana moglie di un esule, in 1865, once in the Museo Nazionale of Palermo. Il prete reazionario. Louisiana preghiera, exhibited, in 1861 at Florence. Rest during Flight from Egypt, for the church of the Olivella in Palermo. Voluttà estiva. Interior of the Cappella Palatina. A second Interior of the Cappella Palatina. Un assente al Te Deum, which raised the anger of prelates, who sought to destroy the work. He received a medal at the 1886 International Exposition of Liverpool.
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Born
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Nationality
Italian