Renato Cataldi (born December 25, 1909,

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; died May 29, 1981,

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, Brazil) was a Brazilian painter. Cataldi is catalogued in the Julius Louzada's ''Dictionary of Arts'', and won several awards from the annual Salon organised by

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. Cataldi, who lived and painted in and around the city of Rio de Janeiro, focused on landscapes, seascapes, marine subjects and nature scenes featuring exotic birds of various species from trees, as if they were loose in nature. His paintings often appear at large international auction houses.

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