Vincenzo Riolo
Vincenzo Riolo (February 14, 1772 in
Italian painter of the Neoclassical style, active mainly in his native Sicily.[1]
Biography
He trained in Palermo initially with
Giovanni Battista Wicar. Among his contemporaries in Palermo was Giuseppe Patania
.
He married Anna, the daughter of the painter Giuseppe Velasquez in Palermo. In 1828, he replaced his father in law as professor at the Regia Accademia del Nudo in Palermo. Riolo died during the Cholera epidemic of 1837, and was replaced as professor by another pupil of Velasco, Salvatore Lo Forte.
He painted a portrait of his friend,
References
- ^ Galleria Roma, short biography.
- ^ Biografie e ritratti d'illustri Siciliani morti nel cholera l'anno 1837, by Antonino Linares page 205-216.
- ^ Siracusa website, entry on Riolo.
- ^ A. Linares, page 205-216.
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