Alessandro Scorzoni
Italian painter (1858-1933)
Alessandro Scorzoni (April 22, 1858, in Calcara di Crespellano, Province of Bologna – July 31, 1933, in Bologna) was an Italian painter, who depicted eclectic subjects, including sacred images, allegorical paintings, portraits, and landscapes.
Biography
Born to a family of limited resources, he studied under Antonio Puccinelli and Salvatore Muzzi at the Bolognese Academy of Fine Arts. He also worked at painted interior decoration and illustrations for publications.
Among his fresco works, he painted 18 lunettes depicting the rural lifestyle for the villa Giovannina (Villa Calari) in Cento. He also painted a fresco of "San Martino distributes charity to poor" for the Castello dei Manzoli (Castello di San Martino in Soverzano), located near Minerbio, where he participated in the restoration works by Tito Azzolini and Alfonso Rubbiani. Other major works are frescoes for palazzo Malvezzi and the oratory of San Michele in Bosco.
His landscapes depict views surrounding Bologna, including San Ruffillo, il Savena, and l'Idice. Among his illustrations are l'Albo unico and "Anche Bologna!" (1880 Circolo Artistico) and "Il Natale della Lira" (1898, Accademia della Lira). He also made designs of decoration for ceramics of the Manifattura Minghetti, and completed two tapestries of "Amor Ardente" e "Amor Calmo" in Palazzo Corni in Modena. In 1884, he was awarded the Bevilacqua Prize.
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