Antonio Rubino

Antonio Augusto Rubino (born May 15, 1880 in Sanremo , † July 1, 1964 in Bajardo ) was an Italian illustrator , children's book author , director and cartoonist .

Tomaso Monicelli and Antonio Rubino - Il piccolo viandante ("The little wanderer") - La Lampada Mondadori 1913

Life

Rubino was the son of a banker, botanist and prospector and studied law in Turin after graduating from school. His first burlesque verses were also about legal issues . While still at university, he founded the magazine L'Arma di Perfezione , for which he also invented the character of the ensign Vessillifero Eccelso Gemmeo . The first drawings, influenced by the floral and art nouveau, were made in 1902; Rubino also wrote his first poems.

In 1905 he illustrated Alberto Colantuoni's L'Albatro and worked for the Sunday magazine Avanti . Several other magazines and illustration orders followed. In 1911 a volume of poems was published. During the First World War Rubino worked for the magazine La Tradotta , which was published for the soldiers ; Later, the magazines Il Balilla (from 1926), Mondo Bambino (from 1929), Mondo Fanciullo (from 1933) and in his hometown, after the Second World War, Il Gazzettino della Riviera dei Fiori , Il Gazzettone and La followed in a managerial and editorial capacity Gazzetta the Sanremo .

Various comics were published under Rubino's direction: Corriere dei Piccoli , which he co-founded and for which he had repeatedly worked, from 1931 for three years - later (and with Mondadori ) Topolino , Albi d'Oro and I tre procellini until 1938 and finally Paperino until 1940. After the war, he briefly continued this work until he retired in 1948. His work is seen as a renewal of works for children, his style is described with influences from Futurism , East Asian painting and Art Nouveau . Numerous characters came from Rubino's pen, including Quadratino and Italino .

In 1942 and 1943, two animated films were made under Rubino's direction. His first, Il paese dei ranocchi , won an award in its category at the Venice Film Festival . The second, Crescendo rossiniano , is thought to be lost due to the political turmoil that soon followed. In 1955 the I sette colori, described as “innovative and eclectic”, appeared .

In addition to his literary, drawing and filmic activities, Rubino also created some songs. His autobiography, published in 1962, is entitled Curriculum ridiculum .

Since 2014, Sanremo Rubino, the city of his birth, has dedicated a permanent exhibition in a hall of the “Museo Civico Borea d'Olmo”.

Web links

• Biography on Bambini & Topi
• Emilio Varrà: Rubino, Antonio in the Enciclopedia dei ragazzi

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rubino in the Enciclopedia Treccani
2. ↑ Juliet Kinchin, Aidan O'Connor: Century of the Child: Growing by Design, from 1900 to 2000. The Museum of Modern Art, 2012. ISBN 0870708260
3. ↑ Santo Alligo: Antonio Rubino: i libri illustrati. Little Nemo, 2008. ISBN 8890308583
4. ↑ Pietro Favari: Le nuvole parlanti: un secolo di fumetti tra arte e mass media. Dedalo, 1996. ISBN 8822004132
5. ^ Gaetana Marrone, Paolo Puppa: Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Routledge, 2006. ISBN 1135455309 .
6. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, p. 375
7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.