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Celestino Turletti (1845–1904) was an Italian painter and engraver.
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He initially studied accounting, then attended the Accademia Albertina of Turin, studying under the painters Enrico Gamba and Andrea Gastaldi and engraving from A Lauro. He then moved to Florence to work with Adolfo Bignami.[1][2]
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His paintings often depicted Genre subjects often in humorous situations. In 1880 he exhibited in Turin: Monsignore assisterà alla rappresentazione; I martiri della grammatica; La vigilia dell'Epifania; Atelier del Burattinaio; Voglio emendarmi; Portrait in costume; and Piazza Santa Maria Formosa in Venice.
He became an expert in copying masterworks in engravings and with acquaforte, including: Catacomb; Death of Pope Boniface; and Il corriere del deserto.
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In 1881 at Milan, he displayed a canvas of La questua delusa and L'arrivo; in 1883 at Rome exhibited: Andiamo pel mondo ; Al tempio di Bacco; L' onomastico del confessore; and Varigolti. His Natale in convento was exhibited in 1886 at Milan. In 1887 at Venice, he sent the latter painting and various acqueforti. Among his paintings are: Il magnano of Turin and the elegant Illustrazione italiana, by the Publishing House of Treves.[3]
Among his pupils was the alpine landscape painter Giuseppe Sauli d’Igliano.[4]
External links
modifica- Collection of Engravings, held by Province of Lombardy].
- Engraving: Che c'è?.
References
modifica- ^ Matteucci[collegamento interrotto] Biography.
- ^ 'Pittura e scultura in Piemonte 1842-1891: Catalogo cronografico illustrato By A. Stella. page 412-415
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page .
- ^ biography of Giuseppe Sauli d'Igliano.