Giuseppe Patania

Giuseppe Patania (January 18, 1780 – February 23, 1852) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period. He painted portraits and historical subjects.

He was born in Palermo, Sicily. He studied with Giuseppe Velasco and Vincenzo Riolo. He is buried in San Domenico in Palermo, where his tomb states Selected the beautiful from Nature. Among his pupils were Pietro Marchese di Castrogiovanni, Giuseppe Bagnasco, Francesco Sacco, Giuseppe Carta,Andrea D'Antoni and Pietro Volpes.

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