Lazzaro Pisani (15 December 1854 – 31 August 1932) was a
Maltese
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painter who was born in
Żebbuġ
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History and origins
The parish church is dedicated to P ...
. He is considered to be one of the most important Maltese artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Biography
Pisani studied in Rome at the
Accademia di San Luca
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but returned to Malta in 1874 after contracting
malaria
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.
[Pellegrini, V.M. p. 245] He received a financial award from the Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. In 1885, Pisani was awarded a silver medal at the
Colonial Exhibition
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in London for his work the ''Death of Abel''. He won another silver medal at the Colonial Exhibition of 1924.
Pisani died at
St. Paul's Bay
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. At the time of his death he was working on frescos in the churches of
Siggiewi and
MÄ¡arr
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which he left unfinished.
The artist's daughter, Maria Rosa Lazzaro, bequeathed a collection of eleven of her father's paintings to
Heritage Malta
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in 2008 which were exhibited between 15 January – 25 March 2008. The exhibition also included a catalogue published on the occasion which was written by the art historian Lino
Borg.
Works
*''Death of Abel'' (oil on canvas, 1885),
National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta
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, won Pisani a silver medal at the Colonial Exhibition in London in 1885.
*
Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Nadur ceiling, comprises more than 150 canvases attached to the vaulted ceiling.
*''The Beatitudes'',
Siġġiewi
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Parish Church dome, comprises eight
marouflage
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s - one of these detached from the church dome in 2013; conservation work started 1 May 2014.
*''
The Last Supper
Image:The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci - High Resolution 32x16.jpg, 400px, alt=''The Last Supper'' by Leonardo da Vinci - Clickable Image, '' The Last Supper'' (1495-1498). Mural, tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic, 700 x 880 cm (22.9 x 28.8 ...
'',
Corpus Christi Church, Għasri
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Elevation to Parish Church
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, Gozo, restored through sponsorship by the
Bank of Valletta
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in 2007
"Restoration Of painting by Lazzaro Pisani"
''Malta Independent
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References
External links
Official Website
1992 establis ...
'', 26 August 2007. Retrieved on 21 February 2018.
*''The Madonna of the Rosary'', Church of Jesus of Nazareth, Sliema
*''Portrait of Concetta Pisani'', 1916
*''Self-portrait of the artist'', 1916
*''Portrait of Mary Pisani''
*''Our Lady of Sorrows'', 1924
*''Portrait of Mrs. Gauci'', 1907
*''Portrait of Roby Pisani''
*''St. Dismas''
*''Portrait of Lady Edeline Strickland
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*''Portrait of Pietro Paolo Mompalao''
*''The Letter''
*''Portrait of Judge Sir Salvatore Naudi''
References
Further reading
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External links
Europeana Collections
online examples of his work.
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1854 births
1932 deaths
People from Żebbuġ
20th-century Maltese painters
19th-century Maltese painters