Catello Palmigiano

{{short description|Italian painter (fl. 1853–1883)}}

Catello Palmigiano (Castellamare di Stabia, just south of Naples, September 18, 1853 - After 1883) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre subjects, often in period costume.

He studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples, specializing in landscape painting, and remained a resident of Castellamare di Stabia. He debuted in 1872 at the Promotrice partenopea with The remains of a feudal house, where he also exhibited in 1873 (The house of Bonito in Castellammare his homeland and Surroundings of Vesuvius) and 1874. In 1883 at Rome, he exhibited Fantasia and Ricordi di Castellamare. He exhibited in other cities Neo-Pompeian subjects, including Il tempio di Venere a Pompei (The temple of Venus in Pompei), which was sent to Milan in 1872.{{Cite book |last=Gubernatis |first=Angelo De |author-link=Angelo de Gubernatis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz0bAAAAYAAJ |title=Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, pittori, scultori e architetti |last2=Matini |first2=Ugo |date=1889 |publisher=Tipi dei successori Le Monnier |language=it |trans-title=Dictionary Of Italian Visual Artists: Painters, Sculptors And Architects}}{{Cite web |title=Palmigiano Catello* |url=https://www.istitutomatteucci.it/dizionario-artisti/palmigiano-catello/ |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Istituto Matteucci |language=it-IT}} He later emigrated to Brazil.[http://digitale.bnnonline.it/documenti/bnn_testi/giannelli_artisti_ocr.pdf Artisti Napoletani Viventi: Pittori, scultori, incisori, ed Architetti.] Enrico Gianelli, preface by Eduardo Dalbono. Tipografia Melfi e Joele, Naples, 1916, page 349.