Paolo de Maio

Italian painter (1703–1784)

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Paolo de Maio or Paolo de Majo (15 January 1703 - 20 April 1784) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.[1]

## Biography[edit]

Paolo de Maio was born in Marcianise, province of Caserta, in the region of Campania. His brother Ludovico de Majo (born in Maricianise on 12 October 1695) was also a painter.[2]

Paolo de Maio was a pupil of Francesco Solimena in Naples. He was prolific in Naples, painting the cupola and around the windows for the church of Santa Maria Egiziaca a Forcella; a San Domenico (1742) for the church of Gesù e Maria at Corso Umberto; a San Niccolò (1772) for the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Caponapoli; the Four Evangelists for the church of Trinità in via Roma; as well as frescoes for the ceiling of the church of Monte Cassino.

He painted a canvas depicting San Gennaro for a church in Mugnano del Cardinale, as well as Evangelists (1782) for the church of Verginiani in Casamarciano. He painted a number of canvases in the 1760s for the church of the Camaldoli of Nola (Visciano).[3]

Paolo de Maio died in Naples.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Terre dei Gambacorta entry.
2. ^ Article on monograph on Ludovico.
3. ^ Conte a Nolana website, biography.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Paolo De Majo at Wikimedia Commons

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