Claudio Castelucho y Diana (5 July 1870 in

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– 31 October 1927 in

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) was a

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sculptor, painter and art teacher from

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who lived in France.

Biography

His father, , was a stage designer. Claudio received his first lessons from him and also collaborated on several artistic treatises dealing with the theory of perspective. He also began participating in exhibitions when he was barely out of his teens. In 1892, after some brief studies at the "Escuela de Bellas Artes de Barcelona", he moved to Paris with his family. During his first years there, he worked together with his father and younger brother as a decorator and began painting landscapes in his spare time. He had his French début at the

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of 1897 with those works.Carlos González, Montse Martí, ''Spanish Painters in París (1850-1900)'', Sammer, 1989 His paintings on Spanish themes proved to be the most popular, so he concentrated on producing more of them. He began as a Professor at the

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and, in 1905, became one of the first group of Professors at the

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, founded by

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and

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. As a teacher, he became very popular, especially among foreign artists studying in Paris. His students included Kathleen O'Connor (Australia),

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(Canada),AAVV, ''Edwin Holgate'', Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 2005 and

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and Ellen Ravenscroft (USA). Claudio Castelucho, En Ecoutant La Musique

In 1913, he held a major exhibition at the

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, a venue for modernist art in

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, where he presented some of his Spanish paintings from a brief visit home in 1910. Except for another short trip home at the beginning of World War I, he would remain in Paris for the rest of his life and continue to be a regular participant in the Salon.

Writings, with his father

* ''Tratado completo de Perspectiva aplicada á las bellas artes y artes industriales''; Henrich & Co., 1891 * ''Escenografia Teatral: Aplicación de la perspectiva a la decoración escénica del Teatro, operando por el aumento visual de la planta de la escena''; Henrich & Co., 1896

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Castelucho, Claudio 1870 births 1927 deaths Painters from Catalonia People from Barcelona 20th-century Spanish painters 20th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters

Biography

Writings, with his father

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