Art museums

Fumone- Giovanni de Paolis- Galleria arte contemporanea

The Contemporary Art Gallery of the Castle of Fumone is located in the west wing of the first (noble) floor.

It is dedicated to Count Giovanni de Paolis who had started the collection of contemporary artworks.

The collection includes works of painting, sculpture and ceramics, and a section dedicated to photography.

There are works by important artists including: Mario Schifano, Bruno D'Arcevia, Tommaso Gismondi, Pino Musi, Carlo Cecchi, Piero Pizzi Cannella, Claudio Marini, Fausto Roma, Massimo Lippi, Ugo Attardi, Rocco Iannelli, Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni, Claudio Bogino, Vincenzo Pizzorusso, Carla Viparelli, Elena Braccialini, Luigi Frappi, Riccardo Tommasi Ferroni, Jack Finnerty.

Cave- Museo Presepe Ferri by Bettiol

The Lorenzo Ferri Museum is dedicated to the great sculptor and scholar of the Holy Shroud who lived between 1902 and 1975.

The artist spent time in Cave where he worked with the archpriest of the collegiate church.

In the 1980s his heirs gave the museum a collection of plaster works that are the sketches of his works.

The collection also includes the Monumental Nativity and the Shroud Studies of the artist.

The museum is located inside the historic building of the former Mattei Hospital, where it is spread over three floors, and in the underground of the Santo Stefano convent under the town hall.

The Museum of the Roman Baroque collects important Baroque works that are part of several private collections such as the Chigi Collection, the collection of the art historian Maurizio Fagiolo, the great Baroque collection of Lemme couple, the collection of the critic Oreste Ferrari, the Lascena collection and two paintings from the Koelliker Collection.

Also in the building is the valuable Chigi Library, a gift from collector Beatrice Chiovenda Canestro.
 

The local eighteenth-century town hall in San Donato Val di Comino is destined to be a Art Gallery for exhibitions of great international artists.

There were hosted works by Kandinsky, Picasso, De Chirico, Guttuso, Merz, Salvatore Fiume, Matta, Renato Marino Mazzacurati, John Omiccioli, Renzo Vespignani, Mino Maccari, Schifano, Boetti, Castellani, Pistoletto, Fabro, Jannis Kounellis and many others.

The Umberto Mastroianni Foundation in Arpino has its headquarters in Ladislao Castle and collects the works of one of the most brilliant families of the twentieth century artists: the Mastroianni that originated in Arpino.

It begins with the famous sculptor representing his entire artistic career. There are also some collections of art that tell the story of the city of Arpino and Ciociaria, such as pottery made in Arpino.

Among the works on display include the production of Domenico and ironic illustrations of Alberto Mastroianni. The film section is dedicated to Marcello and Ruggero Mastroianni.

The foundation houses the International Centre of Visual Arts and a collection of Modern Art in particular dedicated to artists of the province of Frosinone and is very active in artistic promotion with events, conferences and exhibitions.
 

The Municipal Gallery Pomponio Palombo in Villa Santo Stefano collects works of art and stories of Pomponio Palombo.

"Pomponio Palombo Pictor of Villa Santo Stefano" is an artist and patron born in Villa Santo Stefano in the 1500s and died in Priverno in 1592. He was both painter as well as an architect, decorator and restorer.

The love that bound him to Villa Santo Stefano is deduced from his will in which is a legacy for the establishment of a school (College of St. Nicholas) in Priverno which specified that the Santo Stefano pupils could attend for free.

The cloister of St. Francis is part of a former Franciscan monastery.

It is now used for art exhibitions and conventions in Alatri.

The building dates back to the Middle Ages and the original lines are found in the vaults, in the arches, old stone pillars and in the decoration of the windows.

The convent was closed in 1873, after the fall of the Papal States and was sold in 1876 to the Town Hall who used it as a prison until 1960.

In 1996, during the final redevelopment works, in a cavity located at the entrance, was found a fresco depicting Jesus Christ in a maze and some geometric decorations. There are thought to be related to the presence of the Templars or Gnostic sects.

Today the cloister houses a collection of modern art and the Biennale of Contemporary Art. It is used as a venue for events and cultural events.

Rocca Priora Benedetto Robazza Museo 2

The Civic Museum Benedetto Robazza dedicated to Master Robazza and is located inside Giacci Palace in the highest part of the town next to the magnificent castle.

Mario Benedetto Robazza was an acclaimed artist and sculptor of international renown. He was born in Rome in 1934 and worked between Rome and New York. His works are in major museums around the world, and he granted to Rocca Priora his own collection in the museum dedicated to him.

In a courtyard of the museum is displayed the famous 'Hell' (Inferno) of Dante, a work of about 90 square meters of marble and resin which depicts the verses of the Inferno. Along the streets of the old town you can find his artistic bronze Stations of the Cross and sculpted fountains. (Link articles)

He lived in Rocca Priora where he made numerous works and sculptures of great value, including reliefs inspired by Dante’s Inferno. His works are located in New York ("Garibaldi" and “Frank Sinatra"), Washington (the White House), Los Angeles (Monument to Rudolph Valentino), Rome (Monument to Alberto Sordi, The Holy Shroud).

He paid tribute to Rocca Priora donating many works that are placed through the streets of the town and which tell the story of the artistic career of the sculptor: the fountain "Buero" with the sumptuous horse entering the country via Tuscolana, the fountain "Triumph of Good "just outside the village, the fountain of Narcissus, in the central square of Rocca Priora, the bronze stations of the cross through the streets of the old town.