He was born and resided in
Catania. He trained in
Naples under
Domenico Morelli. He painted historical, genre, and landscape paintings. Among the historical paintings, was one on the subject of
Congiura degli esuli siciliani in Rome (
Conspiracy of the Sicilian exiles in Rome), against
Charles V, which he exhibited in Naples in 1877. At Turin he exhibited a painting
Artista in erba. At Milan, in 1881, he exhibited a
Studio dal vero (Study from nature), and at
Rome, in 1883, ''L'abbandonata
(The Abandoned
). At the 1884 Mostra di Turin he exhibited Vendetta
; at 1887 in Venice, he exhibited a Quartetto
. He also painted Nightmare of Elizabeth I featuring a beheaded
Mary Stuart''. He was a colleague and friend of
Calcedonio Reina. ==References==