Ernesto Basile
(Palermo,
1857-1932).
Italian architect
Palermo-born architect who designed many
buildings in Rome and Sicily,
including those for the Palermo Exhibition (18912). One of the chief
protagonists of the
Stile
Liberty, the Italian version of
Art Nouveau,
he displayed his work at the Turin Exhibition (1902), the Venice
Biennale (1903), and
in The Studio (1904). His elegantly linear Art Nouveau architecture is
perhaps best represented by the Villino Florio (18991902), the Hotel
Villa Igiea (18991901), and the Utveggio House (1901) in
Palermo. He also designed the Villino
Basile and the Villino Fassini (1903), both in Palermo. One of his most
impressive buildings was his extension to Bernini's Montecitorio Palace,
Rome (190227), in a sumptuous Renaissance style. After the 191418 war
his architecture became more Classical, as at the Istituto Provinciale
Antitubercolare (19205) and the Albergo Diurno (1925), both in Palermo,
with which he demonstrated his opposition to the growing influence of
Functionalism.
In 1896, he collaborate with Ceramica
Florio, with Caraffa firm, with Li VIgni firm for tapestry,
ceramic, and later with Ducrot, producing furnitures, with great
success at 1° Esposizione dArte Decorativa di Torino (1902).
Works:
Villa Florio
a Palermo
Villino Ida
a Palermo
Fassini
a Palermo
Palazzo Municipale di Licata
Hotel Villa Igea a Palermo (1898)
Teatro e Villa
Lombardi a Canicatti
Monumento per
i caduti di Calatafimi
Villa Favaloro
a Palermo
Palermo
Chioschi
a Palermo
Palermo
Kursaal Biondo
a Palermo
a Palermo
Palazzo del
Parlamento a Roma
Ebonist
projects