Romualdo Battista Federico Locatelli - Artist Info

About Romualdo Battista Federico Locatelli

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    ROMUALDO LOCATELLI (Italian, 1905-1943).
    aka ROMUALDO BATTISTA FEDERICO LOCATELLI

    Born in Bergamo, Italy, on April 4, 1905, Romualdo Locatelli was the first son of Luigi Locatelli -- a fresco and decorative artist -- who was in turn descended from an artistic family. Locatelli is best known for the society portraits he made during his early years in Italy, and for the portraits and genre scenes he made during his travels in North Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines. He was formally trained as an academic artist, but gradually adopted a more rapid, modern style of paint application.

    Locatelli came from a family that had produced cultural notables: the composer Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764) and the painter Andrea Lo...

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