| Pace Filippo Vincenzo [active end of 18th century]
Filippo Vincenzo together with his brother Giuseppe studied under Antoine de Favray. In the General roll call of Valletta in 1766, they were described as painter artists residing close to the Castellana in Valletta Works: Floriana |
| Saint Publius (1773) Floriana Parish Church Floriana |
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Pace Giuseppe [1755-?] Giuseppe and his brother Filippo Vincenzo studied under Antoine de Favray. Giuseppe was very prolific and his name appears also in the Grand Masters commission registers. Works: Birkirkara. Naxxar. Siggiewi. Valletta |
The Sacred Heart of Jesus (1807) Siggiewi Parish Church (Sacristy) Siggiewi |
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| Pisani Lazzaro [1854-1932]
Born in Haz-Zebbug, on the 15th of December 1854, son of Agostino and Giuseppina Sciortino, Antonio Sciortino�s aunt. He started his career, studying under Michele Bellanti and Carlo Ignatio Cortis. Cortis helped him with a scholarship (1870-74) at the Accademia di San Luca and the British Academy in Rome. Luigi Fontana who designed the statue of St. Philip for the Parish Church of Haz-Zebbug seems to have influenced him. In 1885 he won a silver medal, at the Colonial Exhibition,London, for his work, The Death of Abel, This painting was very well acclaimed. When he returned to Malta he became very demoralized having suffered from an attack of malaria and, for a time, stopped painting . He was a contemporary of Giuseppe Cali� and between them they dominated the artistic trends of their time. They inspired many Maltese artists till the beginning of World War II. He also taught art, for a time, at Cospicua Primary School. Lazzaro died at his summer residence in San Pawl il-Bahar on the 31st of August 1932. Works: Malta: Balzan. Birkirkara. Imsida. Floriana. Gharghur. Gzira. Hamrun. Kalkara. Kirkop. Lija. Marsa Marsaxlokk. Marsascala. Mdina. Mellieha. Mgarr. Mosta. Paola. Imsida. Qormi. Rabat. Santa Venera. Senglea. Siggiewi. Sliema. Valletta. Vittoriosa. Haz-Zebbug. Zejtun. Zurrieq. Gozo: Fontana. Ghajnsielem. Ghasri. Sannat. Munxar. Nadur. Victoria. Xaghra. |
| The Last Supper (1917) Ghasri Parish Church Ghasri Gozo |
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| Pitre' Raymond [b.1940]
Pitre was born in Balzan on the 14th of December 1940, son of Edward and Anna Sammut. He comes from a family of artists and his aunt was Anton Inglott�s wife. His grandfather was also a painter. In 1961, he joined the Franciscan Capuchins but ended the cloistered life before the end of the novitiate. He then joined the Police Force serving for twelve years. In 1965 he married Franca Serra. He painted many portraits, among these, that of Paul Boffa, Edward Fenech Adami and the Presidents of the Republic of Malta. Works: Malta: Imsida. Sliema. Zejtun. Gozo: Victoria. |
| Mons. Emanuel Mercieca St.George Parish Church (Sacristy) Victoria Gozo |
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| Poggi Luigi [1873-1958]
Born in Cospicua on the 5th of February 1873, son of Raffaele and Gianna. He spent some time in Lebanon where he founded a College for orphans in Biccieri. In 1903 he joined the Theresian Order as a lay brother. In 1912, he attended the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. His painting of Beat Anna di San Bartolomeo was exhibited at the Vatican Pinacoteca. In 1925 he returned to Haifa, in Palestine where he painted the dome of the Stella Maris Monastery. In 1932 he completed a series of frescos, the Labours of St. Stephen for Beit Jamal, near Jerusalem. He was also a competent sculptor. He died, after a long illness, on the 28 of August 1958. Works: Malta: Birkirkara Israel: Haifa |
| Saint John of the Cross (1912) Church of St.Theresa Birkirkara |
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| Portelli Frank [1922-2004]
Born in Birkirkara on the 19th of December 1922 and studied at the Government School of Arts. He won a scholarship to further his studies at The College of Arts and Technology, Leicester and at Kennington School of Arts, in London. In 1950 he returned to Malta, after completing terms in Paris, Florence and Venice. He had many exhibitions in Malta, New York, Rome, France, and Australia. He painted large murals for Public Places and Hotels. He did, also, designs for postal stamps. Among these we find the stamp commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the founding of the G.W.U. in 1983. He married Rosa Attard. Portelli was also the co-founder of the Malta Artist Group and he also has work in the Fine Arts Museum in Valletta. He died on the 13th of March 2004 and was buried at the Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery. Works: Malta: Senglea. Ta' Xbiex |
| St. John of the Cross (1990) Ta' Xbiex Parish Church Ta' Xbiex |
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| Preca Gorg [1909-1984]
Gorg Preca was born in Valletta on the 25th of June 1909. He attended the Malta School of Arts and studied under Edward and Robert Caruana Dingli between 1927 and 1932. Preca won a scholarship to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. He finished this four-year course in two years and he was appointed assistant head at the British Academy, in Rome, after the death of Antonio Sciortino, and in 1946 he decided to settle in the Italian Capital. Two important canvases, The Annunciation and the Ascension of Mary, hang at the Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Rome. He was a competent portrait artist. He painted Sir Arturo Mercieca, Prince Chigi, Kav. Vincenzo Bonello, Fortunato Mizzi, and Nerik Mizzi. He was elected honorary president for the Modern Art Group which later became known as Atelier 56�. Although he lived in Rome, he visited, Malta, regularly. He died on the 3rd of March 1984. Works: Malta: Sliema. Zejtun. |
| Crucifixion (c.1946) Tal-Hniena Chapel Zejtun |
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Regnaud Enrico [1692-1764] We do not know enough about this artist. He was born in Malta around 1692. There is a lot of confusion regarding his name and we find him listed as Arrigo, Errico, Arnaud, Arnau, Arnaux, and even Reno! He was an indifferent painter but there is a superficial sweetness in his work that made him popular. There are many works which were previously attributed to other artists that we now know are his. He was very prolific and besides the canvases found in Churches there are many others in private collections. He continued the decoration of the Victory Chapel in Valletta, which was started by Alessio Erardi. In 1730, he married Grazulla Azzupardi, a very rich woman from Haz-Zebbug and in1754 he was listed as living in the parish limits of Porto Salvo in Valletta. Works: Malta: Attard. Balzan. Burmarrad. Cospicua. Gudja. Lija. Imdina. Qormi. Qrendi. Rabat. Siggiewi. Tarxien. Valletta. Haz-Zabbar. Zejtun. Haz-Zebbug. Gozo: Gharb |
| Rosary Madonna (1728) Haz-Zabbar Parish Church Haz-Zabbar |
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| Serge Oratio Italo [1906-1978]
Born on the 13th of October 1906 in Valletta, son of Achille and Marie Cremona. He studied art in Rome and also visited France, South America, and Tunisia were he left many of his works. He is better known for his landscapes, which are found in many private collections. He worked a lot with painter Guzeppi Caruana with whom he was a good friend. In 1935, he married Giuseppina Perrera and had a daughter, Mariu� He died on the 19th of March 1978 and was buried in the Santa Maria Addolorata cemetery in the Cospicua�s St. Joseph Confraternity common grave. (East. O.A.25) Works: Malta: Paola. Haz-Zabbar |
| The Procession Zabbar Sanctuary Museum Haz-Zabbar |
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| Spiteri Carmelo [1913-1993]
An amateur artist. He was born in Senglea on the 10th of October 1913, son of Carmelo and Carmela Tabone. A member of the Society of Christian Doctrine, he worked in the Malta Dockyard. In 1954 he over-restored the dome of Porto Salvo in Senglea, leaving very little of the original work painted by Lazzaro Pisani. There are samples of his works in the Senglea Band Club. He died on the 27th of February 1993. Works: Malta: Senglea. Rabat |
| Archpriest Fr. John Sladden Senglea Parish Church (Sacristy) Senglea |
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| Spagnol Anthony [b. 1960]
Born in Zejtun on the 23rd of August 1960, son of David and Guza Briffa. Painter and restorer. He began his studies at the Malta School of Arts (1974-1981) and continued at the Malta School of Arts Diploma (1987-1991). He also studied in Italy, Fortezza di Basso, Florence (1990) and the Institute Antonio di Stefano, Sicily (1992). One of his works is the mural at the Bank of Valletta, Rabat Branch. He is essentially abstract and had taken part in many collective exhibitions. In 1985 he married Rita Mangion. Works: Malta: Birkirkara. Bormla. Haz-Zabbar. |
| St. John of the Cross (1990) Church of St.Theresa Cospicua |
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