Pinacoteca Gianbecchina

About the museum

The painter Gianbecchina, born in Sambuca di Sicilia in 1909 and died in 2001, announced in 1989 his intention to donate a substantial part of his output to his home town. On 22 July 1990 he signed the deed of gift by which he gave the town 190 works made between 1924 and 1996: oils, watercolours, drawings and etchings.

The gallery was inaugurated on 20 December 1997 at the Teatro Comunale L’Idea. Originally the works were housed in the church of San Calogero, granted by the Archdiocesan Curia of Agrigento; for lack of space, the collection was later transferred to the former convent of Santa Caterina, a municipal building.

The current site, in Corso Umberto I, spreads over three floors with eleven rooms and allows the entire donated collection to be displayed. After the premises were restored, the gallery reopened to the public in May 2023, with a multimedia room.

Highlights

• 190 works donated by the artist to his home town
• Oils, watercolours, drawings and etchings from 1924 to 1996
• Route over three floors and eleven rooms in the former convent of Santa Caterina
• Multimedia room

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione permanente Gianbecchina – The 190 works donated by the artist to the town of Sambuca di Sicilia: paintings, watercolours, drawings and etchings made between 1924 and 1996, displayed over three floors.

Founded

1997

Operated by

Comune di Sambuca di Sicilia

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