Francesco Parisi (born in 1857 in

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- 1948) was an

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painter.

Early years in Italy

He studied design in Taranto and Naples. He then moved to Rome to work under Domenico Torti, where they worked together in the

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, in

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, and in the decoration of the Pecci family chapel in the church of the Stimmate.

Later life in Argentina

In 1889, he moved to

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. There he completed a number of projects including the ceilings of the studio of the house of the deputy J. Hernandez. He painted many of the frescoes in the

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''; a ''Storm in San Fernando'', the ''

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'' ''Zelika la tanto decantata egiziana''; ''La Movediza del Tandil''; ''Two Gobelins''; a ''Diana and Jove''; ''Complot''; and ''La Mietitura''. In Argentina, he had a number of pupils among them signora E. A. de Paz, C. A. di Basualdo, la signorina Lavalle, Gomez; Hayward, Wodgate, and Cordeviola.Barozzi, Baldassini, and company; page 256.

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