Olivio Sòzzi
Olivio Sòzzi or Sozzi (1696 in
period.Biography
He obtained his first training in the local studio of Filippo Tancredi, he then moved in 1729 along with Gaspare Serenario to Rome to work with Sebastiano Conca. He befriended Corrado Giaquinto. He returned to Palermo in 1740, and moved to Catania in 1750. He was very prolific in Sicily, painting sacred subjects in oil and fresco in numerous churches and monasteries.
A survey from 1855, listed the following works in Catania: a large painting for the library of the
In his later years, he worked in the southwest of the island, decorating the church of
Among his pupils was Sebastiano Lo Monaco. Sozzi's daughter married the painter Vito D'Anna of Palermo; the latter was helping him in his last work at Ispica. His works can be found in Agrigento, Catania,[2] Messina, Siracusa, Trapani, Palermo, and Ragusa.[3][4]
References
- ^ Osservazioni sopra la storia di Catania cavate dalla Storia Generale di Sicilia · Volumes 3-4. by Vincenzo Cordaro Clarenza (1855), page 177-178.
- ^ Church of Santissima Trinita in Catania.
- ^ A biography for an exhibit of Sozzi.
- ^ Lanzi, Luigi (1853). Thomas Roscoe (ed.). History of Painting in Italy. Vol. II. London; Googlebooks: Henry Bohn, Publishers. p. 64.