Pasquale Ricca

Pasquale Ricca (Civezza, 1854-1910) was an Italian painter and sculptor, with an eclectic output of portraits, genre, still-life, seascape, and landscape subjects.

A painting by Pasquale Ricca

Ricca studied in Florence, and worked for a time in Rome and Nizza, but lived most of his adult life in Porto Maurizio in Liguria.[1] Ricca did a large amount of his work based in the Ligurian Riviera.[2] In 1883 at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts of Rome, he exhibited Passeggiata and Nevicata; in 1884 at Turin, he sent, Acquasantiera di San Pietro at Rome and Tralci con uva.[3]

In 1902, Pasquale Ricca was introduced into public service when he was appointed Conservator of Monuments and Objects of Art and Antiquities for Porto Maurizio.[4]

References
  1. Una Riviera Invisible: :L'Arte di Pasquale Ricca Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, Exhibition at Imperia, Italy.
  2. "RICH PASQUALE". The Archive Liguria. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  3. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 251.
  4. Franco Dioli, www.pittoriliguri.info, eds. IDAL800900 Istituto Documentazione Arte Ligure dell'Ottocento e Novecento
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