Name Celestino Turletti | Died 1904 | |
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Celestino Turletti (1845 – 1904) was an Italian painter and engraver.
He initially studied accounting, then attended the Accademia Albertina of Turin, studying under the painters Enrico Gamba and Andrea Gastaldi and engraving from A Lauro. He then moved to Florence to work with Adolfo Bignami.
His paintings often depicted Genre subjects often in humorous situiations. In 1880 he exhibits in Turin: Monsignore assisterà alla rappresentazione; I martiri della grammatica; La vigilia dell'Epifania; Atelier del Burattinaio; Voglio emendarmi; Portrait in costume; and Piazza Santa Maria Formosa in Venice.
He became an expert in copying masterworks in engravings and with acquaforte, including: Catacomb; Death of Pope Boniface; and Il corriere del deserto.
In 1881 at Milan, he displayed a canvas of La questua delusa and L'arrivo; in 1883 at Rome exhibited: Andiamo pel mondo ; Al tempio di Bacco; L' onomastico del confessore; and Varigolti. His Natale in convento was exhibited in 1886 at Milan. In 1887 at Venice, he sent the latter painting and various acqueforti. Among his paintings are: Il magnano of Turin and the elegant Illustrazione italiana, by the Publishing House of Treves.
Among his pupils was the alpine landscape painter Giuseppe Sauli d’Igliano.