Catello Palmigiano

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Catello Palmigiano (Castellamare di Stabia, just south of Naples, September 18, 1853 - After 1883) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre subjects, often in period costume.

He studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples, specializing in landscape painting, and remained a resident of Castellamare di Stabia. He debuted in 1872 at the Promotrice partenopea with The remains of a feudal house, where he also exhibited in 1873 (The house of Bonito in Castellammare his homeland and Surroundings of Vesuvius ) and 1874. In 1883 at Rome, he exhibited Fantasia and Ricordi di Castellamare. He exhibited in other cities Neo-Pompeian subjects, including Il tempio di Venere a Pompei (The temple of Venus in Pompei), which was sent to Milan in 1872. [1] [2] He later emigrated to Brazil. [3]

References

  1. Gubernatis, Angelo De; Matini, Ugo (1889). Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, pittori, scultori e architetti [Dictionary Of Italian Visual Artists: Painters, Sculptors And Architects] (in Italian). Tipi dei successori Le Monnier.
  2. "Palmigiano Catello*". Istituto Matteucci (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  3. Artisti Napoletani Viventi: Pittori, scultori, incisori, ed Architetti. Enrico Gianelli, preface by Eduardo Dalbono. Tipografia Melfi e Joele, Naples, 1916, page 349.