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 Salon des Artistes Indépendants 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

External links

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