Rata Langa

Gabriele Galantara (left) and Guido Podrecca in 1891.

Rata Langa (* 1865 in Montelupone , Marche region , † 1937 in Rome ; actually Gabriele Galantara ) was the graphic artist and caricaturist for the Italian satirical magazine L'Asino (founded 1892). His caricatures were also printed in the German satirical magazine Der Wahre Jacob .

In Italy, Rata Langa had an artistic rank that was comparable to that of Thomas Theodor Heine in Germany. He was known far beyond the borders of his homeland. He was a staunch socialist ; his caricatures were directed against the clergy and militarism , among other things .

The pseudonym Rata Langa or Ratalanga is an anagram of his last name.

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  Militarism in the dock: with such defense lawyers, the accused will be brilliantly acquitted , caricature in The True Jacob, No. 346, 1899.

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  England and the War in South Africa , caricature in The True Jacob, No. 349, 1899.

Web links

Commons : Rata Langa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biographical information and works on galantara.it (Italian)
• Scripta Paedagogica Online. Workers' Youth - 17.1925. Library for Educational History Research, accessed October 5, 2012 (article on Rata Langa). 
• Pinacoteca civica. Comune di Montelupone, archived from the original on September 23, 2005 ; Retrieved on October 5, 2012 (Italian, brief portrait of Galantara).