Paolo Araldi (18th century – after 1820) was an Italian painter of historical and religious subjects.

Biography

He was born in

Casalmaggiore Casalmaggiore ( Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Cremona, Lombardy, Italy, located across the Po River. It was the birthplace of Italian composers Ignazio Donati and Andrea Zani. It became worldwide famous thanks to its ...

, and there initially studied under the local painter Abbott

Francesco Antonio Chiozzi Abate Francesco Antonio Chiozzi (1730 - 7 March 1785) was an Italian painter and Franciscan cleric, active mainly in Casalmaggiore, Italy. Biography He was born in Casalmaggiore, and there was initially trained by a local priest Giuseppe Moreschi ...

, but later moved to study at the

Academy of Fine Arts of Parma The Accademia di Belle Arti di Parma (Academy of Fine Arts of Parma) is an artistic institution in the city of Parma, Italy. It is presently located in a wing of the Palazzo della Pilotta in the center of the city. History The Academy originated ...

. He became a professor at the Gymnasium of Casalmaggiore. He painted a ''Martyrdom of St Stephen'' for a monastery in Casalmaggiore. In 1820 at the Brera Academy, he exhibited two larger than life portrait heads of Heraclitus and Democritus. For the church of San Leonardo in Casalmaggiore, he painted an altarpiece of ''San Leonardo in Glory''. The painter

Giuseppe Diotti Giuseppe Diotti (1 March 1779 – 30 January 1846) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic style. Biography He was born in Casalmaggiore. His full name was Francesco Giuseppe Antonio Diotti. He initially was apprenticed in his hometown to Paol ...

was one of his pupils during 1790–1794.Biography on Diotti

Museo Diotti The Museo Diotti is an art institution and museum displaying 19th and 18th century art, located on Via Formis 17 in the historic center of Casalmaggiore, province of Cremona Lombardy, Italy. History The museum, opened in 2007, is located in the p ...

of Casalmaggiore. It is if this Araldi was a descendant of the local Renaissance painter

Alessandro Araldi Alessandro Araldi (c. 1460 – c. 1529) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly in Parma. Little is known of his biography. He apparently assisted with contemporary Cristoforo Caselli (il Temperello). His work shows the inf ...

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