Monday 25 September 2023

Italian Posters - part 1

A comprehensive look at Italian poster design, from vintage to modern posters (1895 - 1971) designed by numerous designers and artists. I have included individual biographies of the artists, where found.


This is part 1 of an 11 part series on Italian Poster Design:




Adolfo Hohenstein
 (1854 St. Petersburg – 1928 Bonn) was a German painter, illustrator, set designer and costume designer. Hohenstein is considered the father of Italian poster art and an exponent of the Stile Liberty, the Italian Art Nouveau. Together with Leonetto Cappiello, Giovanni Mario Mataloni, Leopoldo Metlicovitz, and Marcello Dudovich, he is considered one of the most important Italian poster designers.

1895 La Bohene
by Adolf Hohenstein


1898 A. Calderoni Gioielliere
by Adolfo Hohenstein

1898 Il Resto del Carlino
by Adolfo Hohenstein

1899 Chiozza e Turchi
by Adolfo Hohenstein

1899 Onoranze A Volta - Como
by Adolfo Hohenstein

1899 Tosca
by Adolfo Hohenstein

1900 IV. Esposizione Triennale di Belle Arti
by Adolf Hohenstein

c1900-02 Cesare Urtis e Co.
Forniture Electriche
by Adolfo Hohenstein

1901 Bitter Campari, Milano
by Adolfo Hohenstein

1902 Germania
by Adolfo Hohenstein

1904 Monaco
Exposition et Concours
by Adolfo Hohenstein

1905 Fiammiferi senza Fosforo del Dottor Craveri
by Adolfo Hohenstein

Bitter Campari, Milano
 by Adolfo Hohenstein


1895 Giovanni Mataloni (1869-1944) is widely known considered to be one of the fathers of modern Italian poster art.


1895 Incandescenza a Gas Brevetto Aver
by Giovanni Mataloni

1896 IL Mattino Formato Ingrandito
by Giovanni Mataloni

1897 La Tribuna, Roma
by Giovanni Mataloni

1898 Pillole Ricostituenti formula Grocco
by Giovanni Mataloni

1900 Gio-Buton & Co. Bologna
by Giovanni Mataloni

1900 Scena Illustrata
by Giovanni Mataloni

c1905 Hôtel de Londres, Naples
by Giovanni Mataloni

Vino Vermouth Cora
by Giovanni Mataloni

1896 Aleardo Villa 
(1865-1906) was an Italian painter, illustrator and poster designer. A disciple of Giuseppe Bertini and Bartolomeo Giuliano, Villa graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. In 1891 he exhibited his work Consolatrix Afflictorum at the Biera Triennial and acquired notoriety for its pictorial qualities. Endowed with a certain compositional ability and a predilection for colour, he specialised in portraiture, particularly the female figure. A few years later, however, he abandoned fine-art painting to pursue what he called "elemental painting", that is, advertising graphics.



Aleardo Villa 

1896 Teatrolirico Internazionale
Grande Veglione Orientale
by Aleardo Villa 

1897 Caffaro - Primo Giornale di Genova
by Aleardo Villa

1897 Pallanza Regate
by Aleardo Villa

1898 E. & A. Mele & Ci. Magazzini Italiani Napoli
Massimo Buon Mercato
by Aleardo Villa

c1898c  Caffaro
Giornale Politico Quotidiano di Gran Formato
by Aleardo Villa

1899 E. & A. Mele & Ci.
Abiti e Vestine per Bambini
by Aleardo Villa

1899 E. & A. Mele & Ci.
Abiti per Uomo
by Aleardo Villa

1899 E.& A. Mele & Ci., Napoli
by Aleardo Villa

1899 E.& A. Mele & Ci., Napoli
by Aleardo Villa

1900 E. & A. Mele & Ci.
Abiti per Bambini
by Aleardo Villa

1900 E.& A. Mele & Ci.
Mode Novita, Napoli
by Aleardo Villa

1900 E.& A. Mele & Ci. Napoli
Capelli Mode Novita
by Aleardo Villa

c1900 E. & A. Mele & Ci. Napoli
Massimo Buon Mercato
by Aleardo Villa

early 1900s Adriana Lecouvreur di F. Cilea
by Aleardo Villa

1900s La Settimana Umoristica
by Aleardo Villa

1901 Los Cigarrillos Paris
by Aleardo Villa

1902 Gas Aerogeno
by Aleardo Villa

c1903 Orio & Marchand Cycles Automobile
by Aleardo Villa

Published 1907 Papier A Cigarettes Job
by Aleardo Villa

before 1906 Cafaro
 by Aleardo Villa

before 1906 Caffao
by Aleardo Villa

before 1906 E. & A. Mele & Ci.
Abiti per Uomo
by Aleardo Villa

before 1906 E. & A. Mele & Ci.
Abiti per Uomo
by Aleardo Villa

before 1906 E. & A. Mele & Ci.
Massimo Buon Mercato
by Aleardo Villa

before 1906 E. & A. Mele, Napoli
Massimo Buon Mercato
by Aleardo Villa


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