Consalvo Carelli (29 March 1818 in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

– 2 December 1900 in Naples, Italy) was an Italian landscape painter and painter of the

School of Posillipo The School of Posillipo refers to a loose group of landscape painters, based in the waterfront Posillipo neighborhood of Naples, Italy. While some among them became academicians, it was not a formal school or association. In the 18th century, lands ...

. He is also known as Gonsalvo Carelli. Portrait of Consalvo Carelli

Biography

Consalvo's father,

Raffaelle Carelli Raffaele Carelli (25 September 1795 in Martina Franca - 1864 in Naples, Italy) was an Italian painter and painter of the School of Posillipo. image:Carelli Isola de Liri.jpg, 250px, Isola del Liri, Cascata del Valcatoio Raffaele's father, Settimi ...

, was an early member of the

and who had migrated to Naples from Apulia. In 1837, he was given a scholarship to travel to Rome, where he attached himself to the

French Academy in Rome The French Academy in Rome (french: Académie de France à Rome) is an Academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese, on the Pincio (Pincian Hill) in Rome, Italy. History The Academy was founded at the Palazzo Capranica in ...

. He returned to Naples in 1840, but lived for three years in Paris (1841-1843), where he gained recognition as a landscape painter. He helped illustrate a travel journal of

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...

. He had patronage from French, English, and Russian aristocracy. He was the brother of the painter Gabriele Carelli. He was the father of the painter Giuseppe Carelli (1858 - 1921), and uncle of Conrad Hector Raffaele Carelli (1866-1956), son of Gabriele. One of his pupils was

Egidio De Maulo Egidio De Maulo (4 September 1840 – 14 November 1922) was an Italian painter mainly of landscapes and still lifes. Biography Born in Giulianova, Italy, a young Egidio moved to Naples where he successfully painted landscapes and still lifes a ...

. A painting by Carelli, stolen in Italy in 2001, was returned to that country by the United States government in 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carelli, Consalvo 1818 births 1900 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples 19th-century Italian male artists