Lazzaro Pisani

Lazzaro Pisani (15 December 1854 – 31 August 1932) was a Maltese painter who was born in Żebbuġ. He is considered to be one of the most important Maltese artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biography Pisani studied in Rome at the Accademia di San Luca but returned to Malta in 1874 after contracting malaria. He received a financial award from the Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. In 1885, Pisani was awarded a silver medal at the Colonial Exhibition in London for his work the Death of Abel. He won another silver medal at the Colonial Exhibition of 1924.

Works

Death of Abel (oil on canvas, 1885), National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta, won Pisani a silver medal at the Colonial Exhibition in London in 1885. Basilica of St Peter and St Paul, Nadur ceiling, comprises more than 150 canvases attached to the vaulted ceiling. The Beatitudes, Siġġiewi Parish Church dome, comprises eight marouflages - one of these detached from the church dome in 2013; conservation work started 1 May 2014. The Last Supper, Corpus Christi Church, Għasri, Gozo, restored through sponsorship by the Bank of Valletta in 2007 The Madonna of the Rosary, Church of Jesus of Nazareth, Sliema Portrait of Concetta Pisani, 1916 Self-portrait of the artist, 1916 Portrait of Mary Pisani Our Lady of Sorrows, 1924 Portrait of Mrs. Gauci, 1907 Portrait of Roby Pisani St. Dismas Portrait of Lady Edeline Strickland Portrait of Pietro Paolo Mompalao The Letter Portrait of Judge Sir Salvatore Naudi