Pietro Volpes

Pietro Volpes (Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, October 28, 1827 – March 8, 1924)[1] was an Italian painter.

Because of his antipathy to the Bourbon rule of Naples, he was never in competition for stipends to study in Rome.

Among his works are: Portrait of a King, awarded with a gold medal second class in 1853 at Palermo; Portrait muliebre, also awarded a gold medal at Palermo; La moglie di un esule, in 1865, once in the Museo Nazionale of Palermo; Il prete reazionario; La preghiera, exhibited, in 1861 at Florence; Rest during Flight from Egypt, for the church of Sant'Ignazio all'Olivella in Palermo; Voluttà estiva; Interior of the Cappella Palatina; a second Interior of the Cappella Palatina ; Un assente al Te Deum, which raised the anger of prelates, who sought to destroy the work.

[2] His work of Famiglia Povera is located in the Galleria d’arte moderna of Palermo.

He was much in demand as a teacher, among his pupils was Onofrio Tomaselli the Elder,[3] Eleonora Arangi.,[4] and Antonio Ugo.