Giuseppe Castiglione (1829-1908)

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Giuseppe Castiglione (1829 – 1908) was a genre and portrait painter.

Castiglione was born in Naples, Italy. He moved to Paris early in his career and is thought to have studied painting there. He started exhibiting his paintings in Paris and Turin [http://www.fineoldart.com/browse_by_essay.html?essay=210 "Giuseppe Castiglione, (1829-1908)"] , Lawrence J. Cantor & Company. Retrieved 27 February 2008.] . He was a member of the Sociétaire des Artistes and was awarded honorable mention at the 1861 Salon exhibition. [http://www.fineoldart.com/browse_by_essay.html?essay=210 "Giuseppe Castiglione, (1829-1908)"] , Lawrence J. Cantor & Company. Retrieved 27 February 2008.] He was awarded a medal at the Salon exhibition of 1869. At the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Castiglione was awarded a Bronze medal [http://www.fineoldart.com/browse_by_essay.html?essay=210 "Giuseppe Castiglione, (1829-1908)"] , Lawrence J. Cantor & Company. Retrieved 27 February 2008.] . He was decorated with the Légion d’honneur 1893 [http://www.fineoldart.com/browse_by_essay.html?essay=210 "Giuseppe Castiglione, (1829-1908)"] , Lawrence J. Cantor & Company. Retrieved 27 February 2008.] .

He played chess [ [http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/art.htm "Art and chess"] , Bill Wall. Retrieved 27 February 2008.] .

Works

These include:
*"Le Salon Carré", 1861 [ [http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=rs_display_res&langue=fr&critere=Giuseppe+Castiglione&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=20&photoOnly=true&x=32&y=14 The Louvre, Paris.] Retrieved 27 February 2008.] [http://www.jellesen.dk/webcrea/places/paris/parislouvre.html "Paris - 1. Arrondissement. Musée du Louvre".] Retrieved 27 February 2008.]
*"Visiting the Cardinal Uncle", Philadelphia Exposition, 1876, medal
*"The Warrants", 1876
*"The Terrace of the Palace Royal at Naples", Paris, 1877
*"A Duel Without Witnesses", Paris, 1877
*"Portrait of Pandolfini of the Theater des Italians", 1878
*"Lesson to the Paroquet", 1878
*"A View of Haddon Hall, England, Invaded by Soldiers of Cromwell", Paris Exposition 1878
*"The Introduction"
*"On the River at Dusk" [http://www.painting-in-oil.com/artworks-Castiglione-Giuseppe.html "Comma International Oil Painting Arts Inc".] Retrieved 27 February 2008.]

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.fineoldart.com/browse_by_essay.html?essay=210 "Giuseppe Castiglione, (1829-1908)"] , Lawrence J. Cantor & Company.
* [http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=5952 "Lost in Reverie by The Bay of Naples"] The Athenaeum
* [http://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=rs_display_res&langue=fr&critere=Giuseppe+Castiglione&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=20&photoOnly=true&x=32&y=14 The Louvre, Paris]
* [http://www.painting-in-oil.com/artworks-Castiglione-Giuseppe.html Comma International Oil Painting Arts Inc]
* [http://www.artfact.com/catalog/viewLot.cfm?lotCode=9IJY5ZWH "The portrait" Artfact]