Gabriele Castagnola

Gabriele Castagnola (14 November 1828 – 30 August 1883) was an Italian lithographer and painter, in the academic style.

He studied at Genoa's Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti from 1840 to 1847 then, from 1849 to 1852, he worked as a magazine illustrator.

[1] Two years later, his painting of the assassination of Alessandro de'Medici was exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, at the Italian pavilion.

[2] This experience would prompt him to join with several other painters in a protest against the selection committee for works to be sent to the Exposition.

[3] He frequented the Caffè Michelangiolo, a gathering place for the city's writers and artists, and was a close associate of the fresco painter, Nicolò Barabino, who was also from Genoa.