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Filippo Comerio was born in 1747 in Locate, in the province of Como. He began his artistic training in Bologna at the Accademia Clementina and subsequently moved to Rome in 1773, where he deepened his knowledge of neoclassical art. Read the full biography

Filippo Comerio was born in 1747 in Locate, in the province of Como. He began his artistic training in Bologna at the Accademia Clementina and subsequently moved to Rome in 1773, where he deepened his knowledge of neoclassical art. In 1776 or 1777 he returned to Lombardy, but stopped in Faenza at the invitation of the Friars of the Fatebenefratelli Order, who ran the new hospital and wanted him to decorate the church with depictions of the life of St. John of God, the patron saint of the order.
In Faenza, Filippo Comerio was introduced to ceramic decoration by his father-in-law Paolo Benini, the first painter and director of the Conti Ferniani ceramic factory. In this area, Comerio demonstrated great expressive ability, creating a distinctive style that became an important contribution to local tradition, becoming one of the most important European ceramists of his time.
In 1780 he returned to Lombardy, dedicating himself to an intense figurative activity, including tempera murals and votive offerings, especially in villas and patrician palaces in the Lombard countryside. He died in Milan in 1827.