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Nicolino Calyo

American, 1799–1884
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Nicolino Calyo’s career reflects a restless spirit of enterprise and adventure. Descended in the line of the Viscontes di Calyo of Calabria, the artist was the son of a Neapolitan army officer. Calyo received formal training in art at the Naples Academy. His career took shape amidst the backdrop of the political turbulence of early nineteenth century Italy, Spain, and France. He fled Naples after choosing the losing side of struggles of 1820–21, and, by 1829 was part of an Italian exile community in Malta. This was the keynote of a peripatetic life that saw the artist travel through Europe, to America, to Europe again, and back to America.

Paradoxically, Calyo’s stock-in-trade was close observation of people and places, meticulously rendered in the precise topographical tradition of his fellow countrymen, Antonio Canale (called Canaletto) and Francesco Guardi. In search of artistic opportunity and in pursuit of a living, Calyo left Malta, and, by 1834, was on the opposite side of the great Atlantic Ocean, in Baltimore, Maryland. He advertised his skills in the April 16, 1835, edition of the Baltimore American, offering “remarkable views executed from drawings taken on the spot by himself.

Favoring gouache on paper as his medium, Calyo rendered faithful visual images of familiar locales executed with a degree of skill and polish that was second nature for European academically-trained artists. Indeed, it was the search for this graceful fluency that made American artists eager to travel to Europe and that led American patrons to seek out the works of ambitious newcomers.

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The Pineapple Seller

The Pineapple Seller (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Cane Seller

The Cane Seller (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Charcoal Cart

The Charcoal Cart (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Hose Carriage

The Hose Carriage (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Ice Cart

The Ice Cart (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Mead, Ginger and Rootbeer Cart

The Mead, Ginger and Rootbeer Cart (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Milk Man

The Milk Man (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Old Straw Man

The Old Straw Man (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Oyster Man

The Oyster Man (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Butter and Milk Man

The Butter and Milk Man (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Rags Man

The Rags Man (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Rootbeer Seller

The Rootbeer Seller (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Strawberry Girl

The Strawberry Girl (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Wood Cart

The Wood Cart (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Wood Sawer

The Wood Sawer (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Cab

The Cab (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Newsboy

The Newsboy (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The East River Looking Southwest, Blackwell’s island in Foreground, the Navy Yard at Extreme Left and View of Lower New York from Jersey City

The East River Looking Southwest, Blackwell’s island in Foreground, the Navy Yard at Extreme Left and View of Lower New York from Jersey City

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
Landscape
The Sleigh Party

The Sleigh Party (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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A Fireman of New York

A Fireman of New York (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Bar-Room Loungers

The Bar-Room Loungers (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Head Fireman

The Head Fireman (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Mat Seller

The Mat Seller (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Oyster Stand

The Oyster Stand (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Patent Chimney Sweep Cleaner

The Patent Chimney Sweep Cleaner (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Potato Seller

The Potato Seller (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Rubbish Man

The Rubbish Man (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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Natural Bridge

Natural Bridge (1849)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
Landscape
The Soap Fat Man

The Soap Fat Man (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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The Spring Water Cart

The Spring Water Cart (ca. 1840)

Nicolino Calyo (American, 1799–1884)
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