Antonio Longo (14 April 1742- 26 May 1820) was an

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painter and priest in a late

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style.

Biography

Born to family of farmers in Varena in the

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of the

province of Trento Trentino (), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento (; ; ), is an autonomous province of Italy in the country's far north. Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region under the c ...

. He attended seminary in

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ; ), also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige, Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the Trentino, autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ...

, and ordained as a priest in 1766. He was vice-curato for the parish of Varena. His initial training was with a local painter of

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, Giuseppe Alberti. In Fiemme, he also profited from and later collaborated with

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspir ...

and Cristoforo Unterberger. He also moved to Rome in 1780. His religious duties limited his artistic endeavors. In Rome, he served as chaplain in the Convitto dell'Anima, and in part through Cristoforo Unterberger, who was Prince of the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca () is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its first ''principe'' or director; ...

, was able to befriend

Anton Raphael Mengs Anton Raphael Mengs (12 March 1728 – 29 June 1779) was a German Neoclassicism, Neoclassical painter. Early life Mengs was born on 12 March 1728, at Ústí nad Labem in the Kingdom of Bohemia, the son of Ismael Mengs, a Danish-born painter wh ...

and Pompeo Battoni. Longo would soon join the academy. In 1798, when Rome was occupied by Napoleonic armies, Longo as an Austrian citizen was forced to return to Varena, where he continued to paint. Among his collaborators back in Val di Fiemme was

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. Longo also practiced architectural design, and designed the belltowers of the churches of San Sebastiano in

Cavalese Cavalese (''Cavalés'' in local dialect, ''Gablöss'' in local german dialect) is a ''comune'' of 4,004 inhabitants in Trentino, northern Italy, a ski resort and the main center in the Fiemme Valley. It is part of the Magnifica Comunità di Fiem ...

and Sant’Eliseo in

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. He painted an altarpiece of the Rosary for the church of Cavalese. Among hisworks are frescoes for the Palazzo della Magnifica Comunità of Fiemme a Cavalese, paintings in the Museo Provinciale di Trento, and the Franciscan convents of

and

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. He painted sacred subjects for churches in Val di Fiemme and

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Pergine Valsugana Here is the translation into English: **Pergine Valsugana** (/ˈpɛrʤine valsuˈgana/; "Pèrzen" or "Pèrzem" in Trentino dialect, "Persn" in Mochena language) is an Italian municipality with 21,641 inhabitants in the province of Trento, the th ...

, Madrano (a ''

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'' within Pergine Valsugana),

Riva del Garda Riva del Garda (''Rìva'' in local dialect) is a town and ''comune'' in the northern Italian province of Trento of the Trentino Alto Adige region. It is also known simply as ''Riva'' and is located at the northern tip of Lake Garda. History ...

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Mezzolombardo Mezzolombardo (local dialect: ''Mezombart'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about north of the city of Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ...

Mezzocorona Mezzocorona (; ''Mezacoróna'' in local dialect, ''Kronmétz'' or ''Deutschmétz'' in german language), is a ''Communes of Trentino, comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italy, Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located ...

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, Montalbiano (a ''

'' within

Valfloriana Valfloriana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 538 and an area of .All demographics and other ...

), and Baselga di Pinè. He died in Varena.Biography by professor Lucilla Fontana Agea.

Other sources

*Antonio Longo Pittore 1742-1820'' (monograph), by Niccolo Rasmo, Verona, 1984.
Enciclopedia Treccani
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 65 (2005), entry by Chiara Felicetti.

References

1742 births 1820 deaths People from Trentino 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub