Teodoro Duclere - Artist Info

About Teodoro Duclere

  • Biography

    Teodoro Duclère was born in Naples to French parents. He visited the school of Posilippo that was one of the most progressive schools for landscape painting back then. The pupils were taught to paint outside and a group of the most important Italian landscape painters emerged from the school.

    One of the leading artists was the Dutch Antonio Pitloo (1790-1837) who not only taught Duclère but also became his father-in-law. Duclère himself soon became known for his detailed oil paintings and watercolours that show his proximity to Verism. He became so famous that even the Russian Tsar ordered a few paintings by him.

    He died at only 51 years of age. Artworks by Duclère can now be vi...

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