Olivio Sòzzi

Olivio Sòzzi or Sozzi (1696 in Palermo – 1765 in Spaccaforno) was an Italian painter, active in Sicily during the Rococo period.

He obtained his first training in the local studio of Filippo Tancredi, he then moved in 1729 along with Gaspare Serenario to Rome to work with Sebastiano Conca.

He was very prolific in Sicily, painting sacred subjects in oil and fresco in numerous churches and monasteries.

[1] In his later years, he worked in the southwest of the island, decorating the church of San Sebastiano, Melilli (1752), and the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Ispica (or Spaccaforno) (1763), near Ragusa.

Sozzi's daughter married the painter Vito D'Anna of Palermo; the latter was helping him in his last work at Ispica.