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List Of Maltese Artists
This article is a list of Maltese people, Maltese artists. *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), sculptor *William Apap, Willie Apap (1918–1970), painter *Norbert Francis Attard (born 1951), architect, sculptor, and painter *Esprit Barthet (1919–1999), painter *Ġanni Bonnici (1932–2019), sculptor *John Busuttil Leaver (born 1964), painter *Isabelle Borg (1959–2010), painter and mixed media artistJoseph Borg(1942–2016), painter, master printmaker and mixed media artist *Emmanuel Briffa (1875–1955), theater decorator *Tony Briffa (artist) (born 1959) *Marco Brown (born 1969), abstract artist *Samuel Bugeja (1920-2004), Sculptor, painter and art restorer. https://samuelbugeja.com/index.html *Gio Nicola Buhagiar (1698–1752), painter *Anna Calleja (born 1997) *Giuseppe Calì (1846–1930), painter *Antoine Camilleri (artist), Antoine Camilleri (1922–2005), painter and mixed media artist *Gabriel Caruana (1929–2018), ceramic artist *Debbie Caruana Dingli (born 1962), painter *Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maltese People
The Maltese () people are an ethnic group native to Malta who speak Maltese, a Semitic language with a substantial Romance superstratum, and share a common Maltese history and culture characterised by Roman Catholicism, which remains the state religion. Malta, an island country in the Mediterranean Sea, is an archipelago that also includes an island of the same name together with the islands of Gozo () and Comino (); people of Gozo, ''Gozitans'' () are considered a subgroup of the Maltese. History The current Maltese people, characterised by the use of the Maltese language and by Roman Catholicism, are the descendants – through much mixing and hybridisation – of colonists from Sicily and Calabria who repopulated the Maltese islands in the beginning of the second millennium after a two-century lapse of depopulation that followed the Ifriqiyian conquest by the Aghlabids in AD 870. A genetic study by Capelli et al. indicates that Malta was barely in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Caruana Dingli
Debbie Caruana Dingli (born 3 March 1962) is a Maltese painter. Early and personal life Debbie Caruana Dingli was born on 3 March 1962 to Mario and Bertha née Curmi. Born into an artistic family, she represents the fourth generation of artists in her family, with her grandfather Robert Caruana Dingli and great-uncle Edward Caruana Dingli being amongst the most notable 20th-century Maltese artists. She started formal art tuition at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in St Julians under Margaret Chircop. She later graduated from the Malta government school of art where she was under the tutelage of Harry Alden. She was later awarded a diploma in Cartooning by the International Correspondence School in the UK. She hails from Sliema but resides in Siggiewi. In May 2016, she was involved in a major car accident in which she sustained several serious injuries, leaving her unable to paint using her right hand. Art career Debbie Caruana Dingli's first solo exhibition was in 1985 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melchiorre Cafà
Melchiorre Cafà (1636–1667), born Melchiorre Gafà and also known as Caffà, Gafa, Gaffar or Gafar, was a Maltese Baroque sculptor. Cafà began a promising career in Rome but this was cut short by his premature death following a work accident. He was the older brother of the architect Lorenzo Gafà. Biography Cafà was born in Vittoriosa, Malta, and given the name Marcello at his baptism on 21 January 1636. After his move to Rome in 1658 or shortly after, he was most frequently referred to as Melchior (or Melchiorre) Maltese. His brother Lorenzo Gafà was one of the leading architects in Malta. Cafà was already an accomplished sculptor when he came to Rome and entered the workshop of Ercole Ferrata, who was not strictly speaking his teacher although he probably helped him refining his technique. Despite soon attracting his own commissions, he stayed in close contact with Ferrata and collaborated with him. In 1660 Cafà signed his first independent contract with Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Fenech Portelli
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Joanne may refer to: Music * ''Joanne'' (album), 2016 album by Lady Gaga ** "Joanne" (Lady Gaga song), a 2016 song from the album ''Joanne'' * "Joanne" (Michael Nesmith song), a 1970 song from the album ''Magnetic South'' * "Joanne", a song by Cherry Ghost from the 2014 album ''Herd Runners'' Other uses * Joanne (given name) * Joanne (''Coronation Street''), a character from the British television soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *JoAnne's Bed and Back, defunct U.S. furniture retailer See also * Jo-Ann (other) * * Joanna (other) * Joannes (died 425), western Roman emperor * Jehanne (other) * Jeanne (other) * Joan (other) Joan may refer to: People and fictional characters *Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters ** Joan of Arc Joan of Arc ( ; ; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sef Farrugia
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Stefano Erardi
Stefano Erardi (1630–1716) was a Maltese painter whose works may be found in many churches around the Maltese Islands. His style has been described as either late Mannerist or Baroque. Biography Erardi was born in Valletta in 1630 to Sebastiano Erardi and Paulica Xerri. His younger brother Pietro was also a minor artist. Erardi married Caterina Buttigieg, and their son Alessio Erardi also became a painter. His works may be regarded as either late examples of Mannerism or early Baroque. Mannerism was outdated by Erardi's lifetime, but he probably became familiar with this style through studying paintings located in churches and collections in Malta. Erardi might have also been influenced by the works of Baroque artists such as Caravaggio, Domenichino and Guido Reni. Erardi was favoured among the government and church authorities, and consequently his paintings may be found in many churches and collections around Malta. He also had connections with Sicily, Naples and Rome wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Erardi
Fra Pietro Erardi (1644–1727) was a Maltese chaplain and painter. He was a cleric and became a chaplain of obedience of the Order of St. John in 1669, and joined the Wignacourt College in Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ) is the Capital (political), capital city of Morocco and the List of cities in Morocco, country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million. ... in 1683 and remained there until his death. Erardi came from a family of painters, being the brother of Stefano Erardi and the uncle of Alessio Erardi, and he owned a significant collection of artworks. He was himself a minor artist, and he painted a large work depicting St. Paul's Shipwreck for the parish church dedicated to that saint in Rabat. He donated some of his works to the Wignacourt College. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Erardi, Pietro 1644 births 1727 deaths 17th-century Maltese painters 18th-century Maltese painters 18t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessio Erardi
Alessio Erardi (1669–1727) was a Maltese painter. He was the son of the artist Stefano Erardi and his wife Caterina Buttigieg. He initially studied art with his father, and eventually spent five and a half years in Rome between 1695 and 1701. His style is regarded as an early form of Baroque, and he was influenced by both his father and Mattia Preti. Selected works by Alessio Erardi include: *''Our Lady of Sorrows'', Collegiate Church of Saint Lawrence, Vittoriosa *''Our Lady with St John the Baptist'', Collegiate Church of the Immaculate Conception, Bormla *''Our Lady of the Holy Rosary'' (1702), Our Saviour's Church, Lija *''Count Roger'' (1713), St. Paul's Cathedral, Mdina *''Our Lady of the Rosary'', Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mellieħa (attributed) *''Our Lady with the Child Jesus and Souls in Purgatory'', Parish Church of the Assumption, Mosta *''Our Lady of Graces'', Parish Church of Our Lady of Graces, Żabbar *various paintings at the Church of Our Lady of Victories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo Dimech
Vincenzo Dimech (29 June 1768 – 2 February 1831) was a Maltese people, Maltese sculptor. He is best known for his religious sculptures, which include the titular statues of Gudja and Floriana. He also sculpted monuments or architectural features in Valletta and Corfu. Biography Dimech was born in Valletta on 29 June 1768, as the son of Francesco Dimech and his wife Siniforosa née Pace. He was baptized at the Basilica of St Dominic, Valletta, Porto Salvo Church. Dimech was the cousin of Mariano Gerada, another sculptor. At a young age, he learnt about design and sculpture at his father's studio. He later studied at the Scuola delle Belle Arte in Naples. By around 1806, he was a professor of Architecture and Sculpture at the School of Design at the University of Malta. Dimech worked on various religious statues, monuments and other sculptures, many of them in Maltese globigerina limestone. He exhibited some of his works in international exhibitions. His work caught the attention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria De Dominici
Suor Maria de Dominici (6 December 1645 – 18 March 1703) was a Maltese painter, sculptor, and a Carmelite tertiary nun. Born into a family of artists based in the city of Birgu (Vittoriosa), she was the daughter of a goldsmith and appraiser for the Knights of Malta. Two of her brothers, Raimondo de Dominici and Francesco de Dominici, were painters. Raimondo's son Bernardo would write a contemporary art history book that included references to his aunt Maria. Biography During her teens, de Dominici studied under the painter and sculptor Mattia Preti, who was painting and sculpting the interior of St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta at the time. She is believed to have contributed, and is specifically recorded as assisting Preti on his best known work, a series of paintings depicting the life and martyrdom of St John the Baptist (1661–1666), which decorates the vaults of the co-Cathedral. She was a strong-minded and versatile person; characteristics clearly seen in the two w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emvin Cremona
Emanuel Vincent "Emvin" Cremona (27 May 1919 – 29 January 1987) was a Maltese artist and stamp designer. He was as one of Malta's leading artists of the 20th century, and a pioneer of modernism in Malta. Cremona is known for designing most Maltese stamps from 1957 to the 1980s, including the stamp issue commemorating Malta's independence from Great Britain in 1964. He studied at the Malta School of Arts and the Regia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Rome. Some of his works can be found at the parish churches of Msida and Ħamrun, Ta' Pinu Sanctuary, Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Paola and the Chapel of the Malta International Airport. The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva and the United Nations Headquarters in New York also house paintings by Cremona. Emanuel Vincent Cremona (his Christian names were informally shortened to Emvin from birth) was born in Valletta on May 27, 1919. Up to 1936 he attended the '' Scuola Umberto I'' for his formal education. In 1933 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
