Orneore Metelli (1872–1938) was an

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painter of the ''

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'' style in his native

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. He began painting at the age of 50 without any prior formal training. He had once been a trombonist for a band in his native

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. He has awarded a prize at the Paris International Exhibition of 1911. The sculptor Aurelio De Felice in 1936, began earnest artistic critique of his work, after being brought to his attention by the painter Ugo Castellani. The simple canvases, often depicting sparsely populated cityscapes, according to De Felice stand as ''true, pure, spontaneous, full of energy, without calculation of purpose, without speculation, or internal imbroglios.Musei Provincia Terni
entry on Metelli.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Metelli, Orneore 1872 births 1938 deaths People from Terni 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian male artists