Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Antonio Mancini 1852-1930
Antonio Mancini (14 November 1852 - 28 December 1930) was an Italian painter⏭.
Mancini was born in Rome and showed precocious ability as an artist. At the age of twelve, he was admitted to the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples, where he studied under Domenico Morelli (1823-1901)⏩, a painter of historical scenes who favored dramatic chiaroscuro and vigorous brushwork, and Filippo Palizzi⏩. Mancini developed quickly under their guidance, and in 1872, he exhibited two paintings at the Paris Salon.
