Stella was born in Rome and studied art in his hometown under the guidance of teacher Luigi Alessandro Bazzani.
He went to Argentina in 1897, and was hired to perform the wall decorations at the private residence of then President of the Republic, José Evaristo Uriburu.
Stella was noted as an artist who traveled, who made different art-works in Spain, Greece, and Egypt, etc.
He was father of Ugo Stella (1891–1953), the Italian designer and restorer of historic buildings.
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