Antonino Rocchetti Torres

Antonino or Antonio Rocchetti Torres (1851 in Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – 1934[1]) was an Italian painter, depicting landscape and genre scenes.

He studied initially at a military institute and then at a scuole pubbliche tecniche e normali.

Constrained to alternating between the roles of instructor and artist, Rocchetti's output was limited.

Among his works: La tentazione; Le prime zucche; Il chiamo dei piccioni; Sui monti; La noia; Un angolo del mio studio; Al fonte e Nell'orto; Un cortile; La pronipote; Agosto; In riva al mare; and Conforto.

[2] One of his landscapes was part of an exhibit at the Palermo Gallery of Modern Art in 2013.