Raffaele Castello

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Raffaele Castello (born September 5, 1905 in Capri , † 1969 ibid) was an Italian painter of abstract art .

Life

In the years of his youth, Castello showed an early interest in art, philosophy and poetry and came into contact with the European avant-garde , which was staying in Capri at the time. A relationship of deep friendship established itself particularly with his mentor Otto Sohn-Rethel . At the beginning of the 20th century, his house, the Villa Lina in Anacapri , was a center for the foreign community and intellectuals, a meeting point and contact point for Düsseldorf's cultural circles, as well as for German avant-garde art . Sohn-Rethel recommended the young Castello, who was fascinated by the post-futurists , to leave Capri and study painting in Europe.

In 1929, at the age of 24, Castello left the island and went to Poland. After several months of studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw , where he met Wassily Kandinsky , he went to Germany, took part in painting courses from Paul Klee , who taught at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . During the Düsseldorf period around 1931, Klee and son-Rethel helped the young artist to exhibit in Cologne and Düsseldorf, and through Klee, Castello met Oskar Schlemmer , László Moholy-Nagy and Walter Gropius . After Munich, the next stages in Castello's artistic training were Czechoslovakia, France, Belgium and Holland. In Paris he met Piet Mondrian , who praised his paintings and introduced him to the Parisian avant-garde circles, and at the meetings of Abstraction-Création a long-term friendship with Enrico Prampolini developed .

After the seizure of power by the National Socialists Castello 1934 returned to Capri, was Anton Giulio Bragaglia two in subsequent years to participate exhibitions, the Mostra del Sindacato nazionale fascista di Belle Arti (Exhibition of the Fascist Association of Fine Arts ) loaded. By the time of the Second World War , Castello had almost entirely stopped painting, he befriended a group of writers and artists, including Curzio Malaparte and Giuseppe Ungaretti . From 1948 he returned to his painting between nature and abstraction. Castello lived in Munich from 1958 and was a member of the Neue Gruppe there . Raffaele Castello kept returning to Capri, where he died in 1969.

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His main works can be seen in the picture galleries of Milan and Rome. Often figurative motifs were the bull and the horse. His brushstrokes are limited to describing the object and his abstract compositions seem to be inspired in their colourfulness by the light, the landscape and the sea of ​​Capri.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1937: Mostra del Sindacato Nazionale Fascista Belle Arti , Naples
  • 1956: Solo exhibition with works created between 1928 and 1931; Olivetti Company Cultural Center , Ivrea
  • 2005: Solo exhibition, Museo della Certosa di San Giacomo , Capri
  • 2008: Opere dal 1930 al 1966, Reggia di Caserta , Naples
  • 2014: Opere dal 1930 al 1966 , Galleria Siniscalco, Naples

literature

  • Werner Hellwig: Capri, magical island. Insel-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt 1990, ISBN 3-458-32090-3 .
  • Lea Vergine: Capri, 1905-1940. Frammenti postumi. Skira, 2003, ISBN 8-88491546-5 .
  • Raffaele Castello between nature and abstraction. In: Art and the beautiful home . Issue 10. Bruckmann, Munich, July 1962
  • Castello, Raffaele . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 405 .

Web links

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  1. ↑ Compozicione "Two", signed and dated Dusseldorf 1931, Raffaele Castello Italian (1905-1969) , on doyle.com, accessed on May 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Big Bull" by Raffaele Castello, 1948 , on gettyimages.com, accessed on May 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ Raffaele Castello, Toro, 1946 from Artnet , accessed on May 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ Raffaele Castello , on Artnet, accessed on May 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ Raffaele Castello (1905–1969), Italian painter, active on Capri, abstract composition, oil / canvas, a. re. handsign. u. dat. 1960 as well as place-related. Munich. ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on historia.de , accessed on May 26, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.historia.de
  6. ^ Profili Artisti: Raffaele Castello (Italian) , on ArteAs, accessed on May 24, 2016.
  7. ↑ Raffaele Castello - Dipinti e Disegni di un Collezionista a Caprese (Italian) ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on galleriasiniscalco.it, accessed May 24, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.galleriasiniscalco.it
  8. ↑ Mostra Raffaele Castello 'Opere dal 1930 al 1966' alla Reggia , on casertanews.it of November 6, 2008, accessed on May 24, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Castello, Raffaele
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Castello, Raffaello
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Capri , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 1969
Place of death Capri , Italy