Erulo Eroli (1854-1916)

 

Erulo Eroli is an Italian painter whose preferred themes were religious subjects, historical reconstructions, and landscapes.

Erulo Eroli, The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

He was born and trained in Rome, and he painted both in in watercolor and oil. He also sculpted in ceramics, creating fantasy figures and portrait busts. 

Valerio Mariani wrote in a retrospective catalog in 1925: "His compositions are most beautiful, executed rapidly in paint and charcoal, revealing a vigorous temperament."  

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Sources: Dictionary of Italian Living Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

and La Societá Degli Acquarellisti in Roma.