Oil Painting On Wood - Sicily - Etna - Mario Mirabella (palermo 1870-1931)

Oil on panel depicting Sicilian landscape, depicting ETNA with snowfall seen from Taormina-
Signed lower left -
On the back it bears various writings dating back to 1908-
Author Mario Mirabella (Palermo 1870-1931) -
Golden frame first half of the 19th century
frame size 48x37 cm - board 25x36 cm -
Mario Mirabella
He was born in Palermo on 3 April 1870: son of Gaetano and Antonina Mannino, the young Mario had the opportunity to frequent a great master, Francesco Lojacono, from whom he was able to learn a lot about art and painting.
His participation and attendance at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo gave him the opportunity to delve even further into the mystery of art, and precisely after this period, in 1893, the painter created a painting, today considered one of the most explanatory of his first training, Gulf of Naples. To date, the painting is located in what is the seat of the Sicilian Regional Assembly, i.e. the Norman palace.
There were several exhibitions in which Mirabella participated: one, the first, was the IV Exhibition of the Society promoting fine arts of Palermo, which earned him second prize together with the painter Onofrio Tomaselli; the other, the V Exhibition also at the Society of Fine Arts, is still considered one of the most important today especially due to the quantity of paintings.
It should not be forgotten, however, that the painter's participation also extended to the VI Exhibition, in 1899, and to the VII, held the following year in the atrium of Palazzo Villarosa. However, it seems that the most interesting and worthy of mention works were those preceding the last two exhibitions.
We remember, in particular, the various paintings entitled Summer Country, Burrasca, Rustic Houses, Sferracavallo, while the subsequent exhibitions brought to the attention of public opinion and critics in particular, a situation of tiredness that was evident from the paintings of artist, considered a sort of victim - and at the same time hero - of the teachings of his first teacher, Francesco Lojacono, to whom Mirabella felt very attached.

Mario Mirabella died in Palermo on 26 April 1931.