Gaspare Fumagalli

Gaspare Fumagalli (c. 1722–18 April 1778), was an Italian painter born in Rome, mostly active in Palermo during the 18th century. He was the son-in-law of Pietro Martorana, and brother-in-law of Gioacchino Martorana, and a member of an extended family of Sicilian painters.

Biography

Little is known about Gaspare Fumagalli's early life. He was born in Rome during the early eighteenth century and is believed to have received his training there before moving to Sicily before 1744. By the mid-eighteenth century he was active in Palermo, where he established himself as a painter of frescoes, decorative schemes, landscapes, vedute, still lifes and genre scenes. He frequently collaborated with Vito D’Anna and is also believed to have worked with Guglielmo Borremans on decorative commissions.

Fumagalli was married to Rosaria Martorana, daughter of the painter Pietro Martorana, and sister of Gioacchino Martorana. The two had children, including Eugenio, Epifanio, and Ermenegildo, all three of which became painters in Palermo. Fumagalli died in Palermo on 18 April 1778.