Antonio Lombardo Scourge – A Sicilian Visionary Antonio Lombardo, known affectionately as “Tony the Scourge,” remains a figure shrouded in mystery and fascination within the annals of Sicilian Renaissance art. Born November 23rd, 1891, in Palermo, Sicily, he emerged from humble beginnings to become one of Italy’s most distinctive ecclesiastical painters – a painter whose canvases pulsed with an unsettling blend of piety and primal energy. Despite his tragically premature death at just thirty-seven on September 7th, 1928, Lombardo's legacy persists through a handful of monumental murals that…