Pasquale Avallone

Avallone is the Venetian painter of reference for the first half of the twentieth century: in his extermination production have a prominent place the great decorative cycles that he realized in the Chamber of Commerce, in the Bank of Italy and in the Palazzo di Città.

Data/periodo nascita

1884

Data/periodo morte

1965

Ruolo / Attività

Painter, decorator

Biografia completa

Son of the painter Giuseppe Avallone, in 1903 he won a scholarship that allowed him to enroll in the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, where he was a student of Vincenzo Volpe for painting, of Michele Cammarano for the landscape and of Stanislao List for drawing. Returned to Salerno, he was entrusted with the task of creatingplafond and the curtain of the Teatro VerdiUnfortunately, they were lost.

Decorator, portraitist, landscape designer and watercolouristHe was also a teacher and a member of the Committee for the Conservation of Ancient Monuments in the province of Salerno since 1923.

There are many works that Avallone made for institutions, administrations and churches of the province of Salento, including:


– The fresco depicting the Immaculate Conceptionon the ceiling ofChurch of Sant’Antonio Abate and Santa Rita di Salerno(1913).

– TheMonument to flood victimsinMonumental Cemetery of Salerno(1916)

– I paintings of the four Saints Evangelists,Church of the SS. Annunziata di Salerno(1919)

– The Countryin ebony and bronze to guard the fighting flagof the Cruiser Campania(1922)

– Thefrescoes of the PalaceancientChamber of Commerce of Salerno(1927)

– Monument to the fallenofBaroness(1927)

– Four paintingsof oval form, depicting the allegories de“Saving”, “Industry”, “Agriculture” and “Maritime Trade”for thePalazzo della Banca d’Italia(1930).

– The frescoes of the Aula MagnaofLiceo Torquato(1932)

– Thebronze bust of Matteo Luciani, first mayor of post-unitarian Salerno, located ingarden in front of the Teatro Verdi(1937)

– TheMonument to Matteo RipaOtherEboli(1937)

– The cycle of the frescoes of the Salone dei Marmi inPalazzo di Cittàof Salerno, denominated“The great Fregio”, depicting the highlights of the history of the city (1936-1947)

– Threefrescoes in the Church of San Michele Arcangelo,Nice look

– TheMonumental tomb of Mons. Nicola MonterisiinSt. Matthew Cathedral(1953)