Ponziano Loverini

Born in Gandino to a humble but pious tailor, Ponziano was helped by his uncle to enroll (1858) at the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo.

In 1887, he painted a large canvas of San Grata in honor of the priestly jubilee of Pope Leo XIII, which was sent to the Vatican Pinacoteca.

[1][2] Among his fresco work, he painted the four biblical figures: Job, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Tobit, (1913) for the Chapel of Monuments in the Cimitero Unico of Bergamo.

Finally in 1899, he was designated director of the School of Painting of the Accademia Carrara, replacing Cesare Tallone, a post he held till 1926, when he resigned due to ill health.

His alumns included the painters: Giacomo Belotti, Luigi Cassani, Guglielmo Guglielmini, Giorgio Oprandi, Natale Morzenti, Mauro Pellicioli and Pasquale Arzuffi.