Paolo de Maio
Paolo de Maio or Majo (15 January 1703 – 20 April 1784) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.[1]
Biography
He was born in Marcianise, province of Caserta, in the region of Campania. His brother Ludovico de Majo (born Maricianise, October 12, 1695) was also a painter.[2]
Paolo was a pupil of Francesco Solimena in Naples. Paolo was prolific in Naples, painting the cupola and around the windows for the church of Santa Maria Egiziaca a Forcella; a San Domenico (1742) for the church of Gesù e Maria at Corso Umberto; a San Niccolò (1772) for the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Caponapoli; the Four Evangelists for the church of Trinità in via Roma; as well as frescoes for the ceiling of the church of Monte Cassino. He painted a canvas depicting San Gennaro for a church in Mugnano del Cardinale, as well as Evangelists (1782) for the church of Verginiani in Casamarciano. He painted a number of canvases in the 1760s for the church of the Camaldoli of Nola (Visciano).[3] A painting depicting Rebecca's Farewell, attributed to Maio, is displayed in the Mykolas Zilinskas Art Museum.
De Maio died in Naples.
References
Terre dei Gambacorta entry.
Article on monograph on Ludovico.
Conte a Nolana website, biography.
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