Angelo Gotarelli (1740–1813) was an Italian painter, active near Imola and in the Papal States. He was born in

Castel Bolognese Castel Bolognese () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ravenna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Ravenna. As of 2006, it has a population of about 9,000 inhabitants. Ca ...

, and as a young man entered a seminary in

Imola Imola (; or ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, located on the river Santerno, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The city is traditionally considered the western entrance to the historical region Romagna ...

. He abandoned the religious vocation, to study art under Andrea Valeriani. He then moved in 1763–1765 to study under

Vittorio Maria Bigari Vittorio Bigari (1692 – 1776) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period. Biography He was born in Bologna in 1692. His main biographer was Zanotti. He was initially trained in the art of stucco and sculpture, a pupil of Antonio Da ...

at the

Accademia Clementina The Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ('academy of fine arts of Bologna') is a public tertiary academy of fine art in Bologna, Italy. It has a campus in Cesena. Giorgio Morandi taught engraving at the Accademia for more than 25 years. Hist ...

in Bologna. He was awarded prizes for his work there. He returned to Imola where he taught painting. His son Giuseppe was also a painter. Angelo collaborated with Alessandro Dalla Nave and Antonio Villa in many project decorations. Most of his paintings are found in churches of Imola, Castel Bolognese,

Medicina Medicina ( Bolognese: ; Eastern Bolognese: ) is an Italian ''comune'' with c. 16,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, part of the region of Emilia-Romagna. Name The origins of its name (which in Italian means "medicine") are quit ...

and the surrounding area.Castel Bolognese
website, entry on artist.

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