Luigi Di Giovanni
(1856 - 1938)
 

Luigi Di Giovanni was born in Palermo in 1856. His first apprenticeship was with his father Giuseppe, a painter and engraver well-known in the artistic circles of the city, with whom he frescoed numerous buildings in Palermo.
During his stay in Naples from 1873 to 1882 he was a student of Domenico Morelli, to whose teaching some works of historical subjects are linked. He is known above all for many oil paintings, watercolors and pastels, depicting genre subjects such as Sicilian women in folk costume or views of strong realistic rendering.
Di Giovanni returned to Palermo in 1882 and in 1886 obtained the chair of figure painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo, where he taught for forty years, in addition to creating a very popular pastel school.
He collaborated on the decorations of the Teatro Politeama and the Teatro Massimo with Ettore De Maria Bergler and Michele Cortegiani. He died in Palermo in 1938.

https://museo.messina.it/autore/luigi-di-giovanni/

A Mother Watching Over Her Child
1890
Oilon canvas
84.5 x 191 cm.
Gallery of Modern Art "Empedocle Restivo”, Palermo, Italy
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