Angelo La Naia (November 14, 1884 – 16 June 1968) was an Italian painter.

Biography

La Naia was born in

Adrano Adrano (; Adernò until 1929; ), ancient '' Adranon'', is a town and in the Metropolitan City of Catania on the east coast of Sicily. It is situated around northwest of Catania, which was also the capital of the province to which Adrano belo ...

, in

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to a family of limited means living off farming. As a young man, he was encouraged to pursue painting by Nicolò Lauricella and

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. He was a pupil for a time under Guzzardi, and at a local school of art. He moved to

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. There he was to live with two orphan sisters; one of them, Emilia Bellati, would inspire many of his works. He would marry her only on 14 June 1968, two days before his death. He was made instructor of design at the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Firenze of Florence. During his productive career, he pursued both painting, sculpture and architecture. Among his works are:Comune of Adrano
entry on artist. * Funeral Monument to mother Maria Rosa Costanzo and cousin Neri Nicolò * Bronze bust of Giuseppe Guzzardi in

Giardino della Vittoria, Adrano The Giardino della Vittoria is a public park located in the center of the town of Adrano, in the Province of Catania, Sicily, Italy. The park rises on land once belonging to the former, but still adjacent, Monastery of Santa Lucia, whose facade and ...

* Bronze bust of Lieutenant Alì in Giardino della Vittoria * ''Monumento ai caduti nella guerra 1915/18'' (Monument to fallen in World War I), once in Giardino della Vittoria, now in piazza A. Diaz. * Portraits of Giordano Bruno, Mario Rapisardi, Garibaldi, Vittorio Emananuele II, Cavour e Mazzini. * ''Apparition of the Angel to San Nicolò Politi'' (1924-1927) in

Chiesa Madre, Adrano The Chiesa Madre (Mother Church), dedicated to Maria Santissima Assunta (Holiest Mary of the Assumption) is the largest Roman Catholic church in Adrano, and located in center of town, adjacent to the Norman Castle of the town, in the region of S ...

* ''San Nicolò entra nella grotta dell'Aspicuddu'' (1924-1927) also in Chiesa Madre, Adrano * ''San Nicolò orante davanti alla grotta dell'Aspicuddu'' (1924-1927) in Sant'Agostino, Adrano * ''Apotheosis of Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù'' for Chiesa del Rosario, Adrano

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:La Naia, Angelo 1884 births 1968 deaths Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Painters from Sicily 20th-century Italian male artists