Paolo de Maio
Paolo de Maio or Paolo de Majo was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.Biography
Paolo de Maio was born in Marcianise, province of Caserta, in the region of Campania. His brother Ludovico de Majo was also a painter.
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 for the church of Gesù e Maria at Corso Umberto; a San Niccolò 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 for the church of Verginiani in Casamarciano. He painted a number of canvases in the 1760s for the church of the Camaldoli of Nola.
Paolo de Maio died in Naples.
