Francesco Manno

Francesco Manno (* December 20, 1754 in Palermo, † June 18, 1831 in Rome) was an Italian painter and architect of classicism in Sicily and Rome.

Life

Francesco Manno first learned a goldsmith. Then he worked for a short time in the workshop to Vito d' Anna. After his death in 1769 he joined the family business of his brothers Antonio, Vincenzo ( 1760-1821 ) and Giuseppe, which developed in Palermo one of the leading art workshops of the late 18th century. 1786, he went to Rome to Conca student and writer Francesco della Vega Preziado. Through the mediation of Cardinal Maffei Manno came in the famous school of Pompeo Batoni, through which he continued to develop artistically.

On June 5, 1786, he was awarded for his painting " Cloelia crossed the Tiber " the first prize of the Accademia di San Luca, whose member he was on 19 January 1806. On August 10, 1794, he was taken to Rome in the Congregation dei Virtuosi al Pantheon, 1808, 1814 and 1821 he was their ruler.

Manno was one of the favorite painter of the reigning Pope Pius VI. (1775-1799), through whose recommendation he painted frescoes and panel paintings in churches and palaces. 1830 returned the aged artist returned to Sicily, where he was finishing his last works frescoes in the Archbishop's Palace of Monreale. He died in 1831 in Rome.

Works

• Santi Apostoli ( Rome): panel painting " Descent from the Cross "
• San Lorenzo in Lucina ( Rome): " canonization of Francesco Caracciolo " and the decoration of the chapel of Alaleone Ruspali (1808 )
• Palazzo Altieri ( Rome): sopraportas (1793)
• Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi ( Rome): vault frescoes (1818 )
• Quirinale Palace ( Rome): ceiling frescoes with the judgment of Solomon and two allegorical Tondi in the Sala degli Ambasciatori ( 1822-1823 )
• Palazzo Arcivescovile ( Monreale): Frescoes in different rooms ( 1830)