Clément Castelli (14 January 1870 – 1959) was a

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painter.

Biography

Clément Castelli was born on 14 January 1870 in

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. He was a member of the Mountain Painters Society. He moved to

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in 1880, and studied under Jules Adler and Léon Bellemont. Clément Castelli spent most of his career painting mountains in the French Alps, in Italy, and in Switzerland. Clément Castelli has exhibited his works for many years at the

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and at the

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.Bénézit Dictionary of French Artists

Bibliography

* Clément Castelli, mountains painter, Collection des cahiers de l'art contemporain, #28, Paris * Clément Castelli, biography by Marcel Fromenteau, lauréat de l'

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, Paris, 1937 *

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Dictionary of French Artists

References

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photos of Clément Castelli's artworks 1870 births 1959 deaths People from the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists French modern painters 19th-century French male artists {{France-painter-19thC-stub