Tommaso Pollace (1748 – 1830) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical style, active mainly in Sicily.

Biography

Pollace was born in

Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...

and died in

Caltanissetta Caltanissetta (Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Cartanissètta)'' is an Italian comune with a population of 58,012 inhabitants, serving as the capital of the Province of Caltanissetta, free municipal consortium of Caltanissetta in Sicily. The earl ...

. He trained in Palermo in the circle of

Vito d'Anna Vito D'Anna (14 October 1718 – 13 October 1769) was an Italian painter, considered the most prominent painter of Palermitan rococo and one of the most important artists of Sicily. Biography He was the father of Alessandro D'Anna, the brother- ...

. His first paintings were for the Mother Church of

Alcamo Alcamo (; ) is the fourth-largest town and communes of Italy, commune of the Province of Trapani, Sicily, with a population of 44.925 inhabitants. It is on the borderline with the Metropolitan City of Palermo at a distance of about 50 kilometr ...

. In 1782, he began painting in a studio at

Termini Imerese Termini Imerese (; ) is a town of the Metropolitan City of Palermo on the northern coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is one of the most important towns of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, from which it is 33 km away. The town is easily reachabl ...

painting in Palermo for churches and for the Palazzo Celestri di Santacroce on

Via Maqueda Via Maqueda, also known as "''Strada Nuova''" (''New Street''), is an important street of Palermo. Together with the Cassaro, Palermo, Cassaro, it represents the main axis of the historic centre and provides access to a number of important sights ...

, and the Marchese of Santacroce's Villa di Mezzomonreale, now a military hospital. Pollace painted a ''Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist'' for the church of Santa Maria di Gesù in

Petralia Soprana Petralia Soprana ( Sicilian: ''Pitralìa Suprana'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,630 and an a ...

. The competition in Palermo from other artists including

Francesco Manno Francesco Manno (20 December 1754 – 18 June 1831) was an Italian painter and architect of the Neoclassical style. Biography Born at Palermo, where he was originally a goldsmith, but later devoted himself to painting, working along his older b ...

Elia Interguglielmi Elia Interguglielmi (1746 – 16 May 1835) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical style, active in Naples and Palermo. Biography Elia Interguglielmi was born in Naples in 1746. He initially worked under Gaspare Fumagalli in Palermo. He is ...

, and Grano prompted him to obtain commissions in the 19th century at

Scicli Scicli is a town and municipality in the Province of Ragusa in the south east of Sicily, southern Italy. It is from Ragusa, and from Palermo, and has a population (2017) of 27,051. Alongside seven other cities in the Val di Noto, it has been l ...

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, Mazzarino,

Barrafranca Barrafranca (Latin: Convicinum, Calloniana) is a ''comune'' and city in Sicily, southern Italy in the Province of Enna. A Roman fortification known as Calloniana, in 1529 it was founded by Pietro Barresi, Prince of Pietraperzia, and took the curr ...

, Gangi,

Agira Agira (; ; ) is a town and municipality (''comune'') in the province of Enna in the region of Sicily in Italy. It is located in the mid-valley of the River Salso, from Enna. Until 1861 it was called San Filippo d'Argiriò, in honour of its sa ...

, and San Cataldo.Comune of Palermo
short biography.

References

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