Salvatore Loforte
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Bust of the painter in Villa Bonnano
Salvatore LoForte or Lo Forte (1804 -1885) was an Italian painter.
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Portrait of Lo Forte by
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Portrait of Lady Pintacuda by Lo Forte
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Portrait of Garibaldi by Lo Forte
He was born in Palermo. He painted both portraits and religious subjects. He painted a well respected portrait of Garibaldi. He painted an altarpiece depicting Saints Benedict and Scholastica for the church of . One of his pupils was Giuseppe Tambuscio. There is a bust of the painter on display in the gardens of Villa Bonnano of Palermo.
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- 1804 births
- 1885 deaths
- Painters from Palermo
- 19th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters