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Casolani Henry [1817-1885]

Born in Valletta on the 12 of October 1817, son of Vincenzo and Antonia Cachia. Started studying art under Vincenzo Hyzler and later went to Rome and continued with Overbech (1838-1847).
From Rome he settled in Chatham, England where he worked as a stained-glass window designer. He married Mary Johnson and had two children.
He died in Wimbledon on the 29 of December 1845

Works: Floriana. Paola.

Madonna of the Doctrine
Floriana Parish Church
Floriana

Cassarino Giulio [1582-1637]

Born in Haz-Zebbug, son of Dominic Felici and Giovanna Ferchauni. He married twice and after the second marriage, settled in Valletta.
His name is officially registered as Giulio Felici but because of his small stature, was nicknamed IL Cassarino (the short One). He appears to have been a follower of Caravaggio and this influence is evident in his works, although he did not fully understand him.
He executed some copies from Caravaggio and signed them G.NF.D.C. These initials were interpreted to mean Giulio Nato Felici Detto Cassarino. Cassarino started as a mannerist and found as a patron the Prior of the Conventual�s Church of St. John, Fra Pedro Urrea Camaras, who commissioned him with work for the same church.
Many of his paintings, were previously attributed to Lionello Spada who might have never visited Malta. Others were attributed to Mario Minnitti
He died in Valletta on the 14 ofMay, 1637.

Works: [Malta] Paola. Rabat. Mdina. San Pawl il-Bahar. Valletta. Zejtun.
[Gozo] Victoria

The Beahing of St. Catherine
Zejtun Parish Church (Sacristy)
Zejtun

Cauchi Carmelo [b.1927]

Cauchi was born in Luqa, son of Saviour and Magdalene on the 4th of April 1927. Studied at the Valletta School of Arts and then at the French Academy in Rome followed by the Bath Academy in England. When he returned to Malta he taught art at the Paola Technical School. In the begining of the fifties he took part in the contest for the design of the Valletta Gate fountain and came 2nd.
In 1967, he went back to England, this time to Nuneaton where he taught at St. Thomas More School until 1974. He had several exhibitions in Malta and abroad.
He is married to Margaret and has three sons.

Works: Cospicua. Paola. Tarxien

St Saverius (Fransiscan)
Church of St. Theresa.
Cospicua

Cefail Giuseppe [active end of 19th century]

We know practically nothing about this painter except that he had a studio at 60 St. Mark Street, Valletta and that he took part in an exhibition in London in 1886. He, there exhibited several canvases that are now lost. These were The Death of St. Augustine and the Profit Elijah. His work includes also some small pictures in private collections, usually with mythical themes.

Works: Marsascala. Qormi. St. Julian's.

The Sacred Conversation
Marsascala Parish Church (Sacristy)
Marsascala

Cesareo Maria [1902-1994]

She was born in Cospicua on the 1st of November 1902, daughter of Robert and Emmanuela Zammit. Her family went to live in Imsida in 1905. She worked as a teacher in Floriana, Imsida and Pieta. She never married and took art lessons under Edward Caruana Dingli. Besides the Imsida Parish Church pictures, she did another one for the St. Michael Training College.
She died at Imsida on the 3rd of July 1994.

Works: Msida

Crucifixion
Msida Parish Church
Msida

Cordina Vicenzo [1904-1992]

An amateur artist from Gozo.

Works: Gozo: Victoria

The Flight into Egypy (1980)
St. Joseph Chapel [Cittadella]
Victoria

Cortis Carlo Ignazio [1826-1900]

Born in Valletta, Cortis studied under Tommaso Minardi at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. He lived most of his life in Rome, where, he also died. In Malta he is remembered for the disastrous restorations in 1870, of the Preti ceiling in St. John�s Cathedral, Valletta. In St. Lawrence of Vittoriosa he painted an unsegmented dome representing the Great 1565 Siege. This was subsequently, destroyed in World War II but the bozzetto is still preserved at the Cathedral Museum in Mdina.

Works: [Malta] Lija. Mdina. Mosta. Senglea. Siggiewi. Sliema. Valletta.
Vittoriosa.
[Gozo] Ghasri. Kercem. Marsalforn. Victoria.

Mons. Luigi Fernandez
Cathedral Museum
Victoria

Cremona Emvin [1919-1987]

He was born in Valletta on the 27th of May 1919. Studied art at the Government School of Arts at Msida, at the Regia Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, Slade School, and University College in England and at the Ecole Superieur des Beaux Arts in Paris. France.
Between 1947 and 1960 he taught art at the Government School of Arts. In 1970 The National Council of Women-Malta, presented a Cremona painting to Queen Elizabeth II and in the same year he designed the Malta Pavilion for Expo �70 held in Osaka, Japan
He was a member Knight with The Pontifical Order of Saint Sylvester and the recipient of the gold medal awarded by the Malta Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. He also received a gold medal from The Confederation of Civic Councils for his artistic merits.
He was also a member of The Arts Council and between 1957 and 1979, designed many editions of postal stamps.
He specialized in Sacred Art and large murals.
He died on the 29th of January 1987.

Works: [Malta] Balzan. Birkirkara. Burmarrad. Floriana. Gharghur. Ghaxaq.
              Gudja. Gwardamanga. Hamrun.   Kalkara. Luqa. Mdina. Mqabba.
              Msida. Paola. Pembroke. Qormi. Senglea. Sliema. Valletta.
              [Gozo] Zebbug.

Presentation in Temple (1951)
Msida Parish Church
Msida

Cuschieri Paolo [c.1820-1889]

Cuschieri was born c.1820 and studied art under Tommaso Minardi in Rome. Ovidi quoted a letter sent from Cuschieri to Minardi in 1856 � still sowing the seeds of the Minardi Creed, overcoming many obstacles...our code is only that of Minardi�. He did a lot of work for churches and produced also some good landscapes .
He died in 1889.

Works: [Malta] Mgarr. Valletta. Vittoriosa.
[Gozo] Victoria

G.M. Villiers de l'Isle Adam
St. Lawrence Church (Sacristy)
Vittoriosa