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Abela Giovanni Maria [active end of 16 century]

We know very little about this painter. He was Maltese and lived in the XVI century. A realist of his age but rather provincial in his works. His competence was limited, having executed a series of altarpieces, depicting, The Madonna of the Rosary. He was familiar with outside influences because the large canvas at Imdina Cathedral resembles closely the panel found in Ischia.

Works: Gharghur. Mdina. Naxxar. Valletta.

The Madonna of the Rosary [1595]
Naxxar Parish Museum
Naxxar

Alden Harry [b.1929]

Born in Valletta on the 15th of December 1929. Alden started learning art at the Gov. School of Arts. In 1962 he received a four year scholarship at Croydon College of Art. U.K. For a time he taught art at the St.Michael Teachers' Training College. Between 1978 and 1983 he took part in the International Biennale of Graphic Design in Brno, Czeckoslovakia. In 1987 he was appointed head of the Malta School of Arts. He had several personal exhibitions in Malta and abroad. He is also author of several postal stamp designs.
He is married to Rose Pace.

Works: Balluta.

St.Albert of Jerusalem with Anthony and Titus Brandsma [1988]
Balluta Parish Church
Balluta

Apap Ninu [b.1928]

Born in Xaghra, Gozo on the 16th November 1928, son of Emmanuel and Antonia. Began art studies with Italo Orazio Serge and continued with the figurative and design under Guzeppi Briffa. He took part in several collective exhibitions.
He done altarpieces for a Maltese ran Parish in Canada and also small works commissioned by Maltese missionaries in Brazil, India, and Kenya.
His works are also found in many private collections in Malta and abroad.

Works: [Gozo] Dwejra. Gharb. Ghasri. Marsalforn. Qala. Victoria. Xaghra.
Xewkija. Zebbug.

Saint Anne [1989]
St.Anne's Chapel
Dwejra. Gozo

Apap Willie [1918-1970]

Willie Apap was born in Valletta on the 26th June 1918. In 1933, he joined with the Government School of Arts where he won a scholarship to study at The Regia Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, where, he spent most of his life.
He continued to study under Professor Carlo Siviero.
He was brother to Vincenzo Apap with, whom, in January 1962; he had a joint exhibition at the Grabowsky Gallery in London.
He is better known as a portrait painter but was active enough in sacred art. We find altarpieces in Italian churches, such as Santa Sita in Terni and The Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Marian Sanctuary of the Madonna di Capocroce in Frascati.
His name is listed in the Enciclopedia Universale Della Pittura Moderna, in the Catalogo Bolaffi d’Arte Moderna and in the Arte Italiana nel Mondo.
He Died in Rome on the 3rd of February 1970.

Works: Birkirkara. Santa Venera. Attard.

The Madonna of the Rosary
Chapel Apap Institute.
St.Venera

Apap Testaferrata Peppino [1841-1905]

Born in the Parish of Porto Salvo, in Valletta on the 5th of September 1841, son of Luigi Apap and Rosalia Testaferrata. In 1874 he married the Italian Princess, Rosina Sabbatini de Principe S. Margherita Panomi, a great benefactor to the Parish Church of Marsaxlokk. In 1889 Pope Leo XIII invested him with the title of Marquis. He remains an amateur artist and the altarpiece of Marsaxlokk is the only work that is associated with him in churches
It appears that he lived for a time in Italy, where he died on the 22nd of July 1905.
His body was brought back to Malta and registered in the Porto Salvo archives. He now rest in the Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery (East Sep.n. 7,8,9,10 Comp A Sezz. P.)

Works: Marsaxlokk

The Madonna of the Pompei
Marsaxlokk Parish Church Marsaxlokk

Aquilina Guzeppi [b.1934]

Born in Tarxien on the 11th of September 1934 and started his art studies at the Valletta School of Arts, under Vincent Apap. He spent time also with Professor Guzeppi Briffa and painter Guzeppi Caruana who, at the time lived in Paola, while painting the Zabbar Sanctuary Apses. Aquilina worked at the Malta Dockyard as a Sign writer and later opened up a small printing firm. His artistic works are found in private collections having taken part in several collective exhibitions.
He married Carmelina Ciantar and has three sons.

Works: Paola.

Parish Priest Mons Adolf Agius
Paola Parish Church (Sacristy)
Paola

Azzopardi Preziosi Salvatore [act end of 19th Century]

We have nothing about this artist and apparently the Stella Maris example is his only work in churches. He does not appear in contemporary registers, and remains, so far, hidden behind this one canvas.

Works: Sliema.