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Michele Cortegiani (Palermo, February 8, 1857 - Tunisia, 1928) was an Italian painter, mainly of seascapes of his native Sicily and later Tunisia, and of female portraits and genre subjects.

Michele Cortegiani
Isola delle Femmine, painting by Michele Cortegiani, 1884
Born	February 8, 1857 Palermo, Italy
Died	1928 Tunisia
Nationality	Italian
Education	Francesco Lojacono
Known for	Painter
Movement	Orientalist

Biography

He trained with Francesco Lojacono, moving with him to Paris in 1877–1881.

He assisted with the ceiling decoration (1893-1897) of the Teatro Massimo of Palermo, where he worked alongside Luigi Di Giovanni and Ettore De Maria Bergler, working under the direction of Rocco Lentini.[1] Lentini's concept for the ceiling (pictured) was that of a large wheel with gilded spokes which would contrast with the azure background. Within each spoke, (panels known as petals) feature angels and female figures with musical instruments painted on canvas, while the centrepiece was an allegory of the 'Triumph of Music'.[2]

In later years, he worked in Tunisia,[3][4][5] and in Sicily, along with Lojacono, Michele Catti and other painters of their school, where the group became known as the "masters of colour" because of the way they captured the light of the marinas and sleepy villages of Sicily.[6]

See also

• List of Orientalist artists
• Orientalism

References

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- [en] Michele Cortegiani

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[fr] Michele Cortegiani

Michele Cortegiani, né le 18 février 1857 à Naples et mort le 7 juillet 1928 à Tunis, est un peintre italien, auteur de paysages marins de sa Sicile natale, puis de vues de la Tunisie, de portraits féminins et de sujets de genre.

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[it] Michele Cortegiani

Michele Cortegiani (Palermo, 8 febbraio 1857 – Tunisi, 26 gennaio 1919) è stato un pittore italiano, autore di paesaggi marini della natia Sicilia,[1] poi scorci e vedute della Tunisia, di ritratti femminili e soggetti di genere.

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