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Elia Interguglielmi (1746 – 16 May 1835) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical style, active in Naples and Palermo.

He was born in Naples and died in Palermo. He initially worked under Gaspare Fumagalli in Palermo, but in 1762 was working in Naples as an assistant to Giuseppe Bonito and Antonio Dominici. He returned to Palermo where he worked in the fresco decoration of palaces and churches.

One of his descendants, likely grandson, is Eugenio Interguglielmi (19th century), who was a prominent photographer in Palermo. His family. In 1863, he opened a studio on largo Santa Sofia and corso Vittorio Emanuele. Eugenio the younger (1876-1948) was also a photographer, with a studio on via Cavour n. 84, facing piazzetta Valenti. Eugenio the younger's sister, Celestina (1880 - 1957) married the photographer Benedetto Bronzetti (1870 - 1944). There son Eugenio Bronzetti was also a prominent photographer. Roberto Interguglielmi (1912 - 1999) was also a photographer. Finally, the granddaughter of Roberto since 1999 has worked at photography.

References

1. Comune of Palermo, biographies.

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• 1746 births
• 1835 deaths
• 18th-century Italian painters
• 19th-century Italian painters
• Italian male painters
• Painters from Naples
• Rococo painters
• 19th-century Italian male artists
• 18th-century Italian male artists
• Artists from the Kingdom of Naples
• Artists from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies