Raffaello Celommi (19 April 1881 – 3 March 1957) was an Italian genre and seascape painter.

Biography

He was born in

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to the painter Pasquale Celommi and his Florentine mother, Giuseppina Giusti. Within a few months, he developed respiratory ailments, and his mother moved to Roseto degli Abruzzi, a sea-side town in the province of Abruzzo, hoping the marine air would benefit him. His childhood nickname was ''Felluccio''. He lived the rest of his life in Roseto, with some trip to Rome to study at the

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. His paintings often depict themes of boats and fishermen at the shoreline. He was visited in his studio by Francesco Paolo Michetti.Entry on Celommi in Personaggi Illustri in Terra D'Abruzzo, Centro Regionale di Beni Culturali. ww.regione.abruzzo.it//ref> Some of his works are on display at the

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