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1822 Milan, Italy - 1891 New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for: Hanging game still life, sculptor.
New Orleans artist Achille Perelli is today best known for finely executed watercolor drawings of game native to the land and water of southern Louisiana and Florida.(1). He was born in Milan, Italy,... Read full biography
New Orleans artist Achille Perelli is today best known for finely executed watercolor drawings of game native to the land and water of southern Louisiana and Florida.(1). He was born in Milan, Italy, March 7, 1822, and studied with the Italian sculptor Galli and at the Milan Academy of Art where he... Read full biography
New Orleans artist Achille Perelli is today best known for finely executed watercolor drawings of game native to the land and water of southern Louisiana and Florida.(1). He was born in Milan, Italy, March 7, 1822, and studied with the Italian sculptor Galli and at the Milan Academy of Art where he was awarded first prize for sculpture in 1847. He joined Garibaldi's forces in the Italian revolution in 1848, but when Garibaldi was defeated, Perelli was forced to flee Italy. He came to the United... Read full biography
New Orleans artist Achille Perelli is today best known for finely executed watercolor drawings of game native to the land and water of southern Louisiana and Florida.(1). He was born in Milan, Italy, March 7, 1822, and studied with the Italian sculptor Galli and at the Milan Academy of Art where he was awarded first prize for sculpture in 1847. He joined Garibaldi's forces in the Italian revolution in 1848, but when Garibaldi was defeated, Perelli was forced to flee Italy. He came to the United States, traveled around a bit, and settled in New Orleans because, according to a contemporary source, he liked the scenery. From 1850 Perelli is listed in New Orleans directories as a sculptor, painter, teacher, and marble cutter. He came to the... Read full biography
New Orleans artist Achille Perelli is today best known for finely executed watercolor drawings of game native to the land and water of southern Louisiana and Florida.(1). He was born in Milan, Italy, March 7, 1822, and studied with the Italian sculptor Galli and at the Milan Academy of Art where he was awarded first prize for sculpture in 1847. He joined Garibaldi's forces in the Italian revolution in 1848, but when Garibaldi was defeated, Perelli was forced to flee Italy. He came to the United States, traveled around a bit, and settled in New Orleans because, according to a contemporary source, he liked the scenery. From 1850 Perelli is listed in New Orleans directories as a sculptor, painter, teacher, and marble cutter. He came to the United States with a skill that American sculptors envied, the ability to carve marble and thereby to realize his own designs in fin... Read full biography
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Keywords (28)
Art Method
- •Bas Relief, Wall Mounted Sculpture
- •Easel Painting
- •Medallic Art, Medallions, Medals, Coin Design
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Trompe l'oeil
Art Subject
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Commemoration
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Still Life
- •Waterfowl
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Italy Before World War I
- •New Orleans Before 1940
Art Association
- •New Orleans Art Association
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Watercolor Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •New Orleans Art Association-
- •Southern Art Union-