Mario Prayer (1887-1959) was an Italian painter, mainly of frescoes for churches or large halls.
Despite being without the use of his right hand, along with his brother Guido, he trained first at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia and then at the Academy of Fine Arts of Lyon.
Both brothers were called in 1915 to paint for the Superintendent of Fine Arts of Apulia and Calabria, and the brothers mainly worked in Apulia and Basilicata, including Bari and Brindisi.
[1] His style shows the influences of Art Nouveau orStilo Liberty.
In 1924, he had a girl named Liliana Prayer, in Bare, Italy.