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In he won a silver medal, at the Colonial Exhibition,London, for his work, The Death of Abel, This painting was very well acclaimed.
Lazzaro Pisani
Lazzaro Pisani (15 December 1854 – 31 August 1932) was a Maltese painter who was born in Żebbuġ. He is considered to be one of the most important Maltese artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1][2]
Biography
Pisani studied in Rome at the Accademia di San Luca but returned to Malta in 1874 after contracting malaria.[3] He received a financial award from the Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.[4] In 1885, Pisani was awarded a silver medal at the Colonial Exhibition in London for his work the Death of Abel.
He won another silver medal at the Colonial Exhibition of 1924.[3]
Pisani died at St. Paul's Bay. At the time of his death he was working on frescos in the churches of Siggiewi and Mġarr which he left unfinished.[3]
The artist's daughter, Maria Rosa Lazzaro, bequeathed a collection of eleven of her father's paintings to Heritage Malta in 2008 which were exhibited betw