Antonio Filocamo

Antonio Filocamo (* 1669 in Messina, † 1743 ibid of the plague ) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque in Sicily.

Life

Antonio was a member of a family of artists in Messina. Like his brothers Paolo and Gaetano, he studied in Rome with Carlo Maratta. Back in the Messina brothers Filocamo founded a well-attended art school with a focus on " fresco " to which Antonio had specialized.

In the following years the brothers have provided numerous frescoes and panel paintings in churches and private clients, including King John V of Portugal ( 1706-1750 ).

The main work of the brothers, the ceiling paintings are in the S. Gregorio at Messina, which were like most of her work destroyed by the great earthquake of Messina in 1908. In addition, Antonio Filocamo worked in the Cathedral of Acireale and close to Santa Caterina in Palermo. By Andrea Filocamo comes the " Madonna of the Letter " of 1690, which is painted in the Byzantine style and is located in the Cathedral of Palermo.

All three brothers died during a plague epidemic in 1743.

Pietro Paolo Vasta and Placido Campolo were students of the brothers Filocamo.

Work

  • Cathedral (Palermo): panel painting " Madonna of the Letter " ( 1690)
  • Chiesa Madre Monforte San Giorgio: panel painting, " Mystical Vermälung of Santa Rosa" (1705 )
  • Pinacoteca Zelantea ( Acireale ) panel painting " Sacrifice of Isaac " ( 1712)
  • Chiesa S. M. Immacolata, Scilla (Calabria ): Panel Paintings " St. Antonius von Padua "," S.Antonius heals a leper, "" Antony prays to baby Jesus, "" Christ and Mary in Gloria " " S. George Martyr in prayer " (1721 )
  • Basilica di San Sebastiano ( Melilli): panel painting " Martyrdom of S. Bartholomew " (1740 )
  • Chiesa di S. Elia ( Messina): Frescoes " Nativity, " Adoration of the Magi "," Presentation of Jesus in the Temple " and" Baptism of Christ " ( 1706) by Antonio and Paolo Filocamo
  • Basilica of Maria SS Annunziata ( Acireale ): panel painting " Coronation of the Santa Venera " (1710 ) and frescoes "Scenes from the life of Mary " (1711 ) in the apse of Antonio and Paolo Filocamo
  • Chiesa di S. Caterina ( Palermo): Ceiling fresco " ascent to Paradise " and " Fall of the Angels " (1728) by Antonio and Paolo Filocamo
  • Chiesa di Gesù e Maria in S. Leo ( Messina): fresco " glorification of Mary" ( 1736)
  • Cathedral Forza d'Agro: " Holy Family "
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