Roberto Pane

Roberto Pane (21 November 1897 – 29 July 1987) was an Italian art historian, art critic, architect and painter.

Life and career Born in Taranto, at a young age Pane moved with his family to Naples. After taking part in World War I as a volunteer, and participating in the Gabriele D'Annunzio-led occupation of Rijeka, in 1922 he graduated in architecture at the Sapienza University of Rome. In the 1920s he served as professor at the Classical Lyceum Umberto I in Naples, and collaborated with the Superintendency of Antiquities of Campania on several projects. and served as president of the interdisciplinary coordination committee for the reconstruction following the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. Active until his later years, Pane died on 29 July 1987, at the age of 89.