Rocco Lentini

Rocco Lentini ( born February 17, 1858 in Palermo, † November 20, 1943 in Venice) was an Italian painter of Sicily.

Life

Lentini was the son of theater painter Giovanni Lentini the Elder and father of Giovanni Lentini the Younger.

Initially worked as a scene painter, he was awarded in 1877 by the city of Palermo, a scholarship which enabled him to visit the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. Just two years later, he was represented with paintings at the Salon of Paris in 1879. At the Promotrice delle belle arti in Turin, he continued his education in 1879.

From 1888 to 1924 he taught drawing at the Regio Educandato Maria Adelaide in Palermo, but was next to take on numerous jobs. Lentini often worked with Enrico Cavallaro.

In addition to numerous exhibitions he took in 1905 and 1922 at the Venice Biennial. He has published two textbooks: " Elementi di Ornato " (1892 ) and " Elementi di Paesaggio " and was involved in Ernesto Basile's 1911 published book directory on the plasterer Giacomo Serpotta.

Works in Palermo (selection)

• Stazione Centrale: Decoration Painting ( 1886)
• Villa Malfitano Whitaker: fresco decorations (1886-1887),
• Palazzo delle Aquile (1890-1891)
• Politeama: murals (1890-1891)
• Biblioteca Francescana (Palermo): Watercolors in the manuscript " Storia di Carnevale " (together with Enrico Cavallaro )
• Galleria d' arte moderna: murals in two exhibition rooms in Pompeian style ( with Enrico Giuseppe Cavallaro and Enea)
• Watercolors in the book " La vita recitata " (with Enrico Cavallaro ) edition Enzo Sellerio Editore. Palermo 1980