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Cesare Auguste Detti
1847 -1914
Italian
"To The Joust", signed lower left, C.Detti, Paris 1888 Oil on Canvas
Canvas Dimensions:28" W x 50"H
Oil on Canvas
Born Spolete, Italy December 28, 1847;Died Paris, May 19,1914. "Cesare Detti received his formal education at the Accademia di San Luca and worked under Fortuny and Podesti. His first exhibition was in Naples in 1872 followed by another in Rome in 1876. As a result of his success in Italy he began receiving invitations to international exhibitions which caused him to relocate his studio to Paris.Cesare opened his Paris studio in 1876 and remained in Paris for the rest of his life."* In 1889 he was awarded a bronze medal at the L'Exposition Universelle.In 1890 he was awarded a silver medal at the L'Exposition Universelle.Cesare Auguste Detti is a magnificent painter, one who is in extremely strong demand from European as well as American collectors. *Taken from a biography prepared by Christie's.
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