Paolo Emilio Morgari

Paolo Emilio Morgari (1815 – 1882) was an Italian painter, primarily of religious subjects.

His brother Rodolfo Morgari was a prominent painter and professor of the Accademia Albertina in Turin.

Paolo Emilio had three children: Luigi (1857-1935) and Beatrice (1858-1936), both painters, and Oddino (1865-1944), a journalist and politician.

In collaboration with Luigi Hartmann (1807-1884), he helped decorate (1861-1866) the cathedral of Fossano and the parish church in Santhià.

In collaboration with Tommaso Juglaris, he helped decorate the stairwell entrance to the Royal Palace and the portico of the city hall of Turin (1865).

The Baptism (1870)