Leonetto Cappiello

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Leonetto Cappiello in his studio around 1903
La Belle Otéro on September 10, 1898 in Paris, portrayed by Leonetto Cappiello
Yvette Guilbert caricatured by Leonetto Cappiello around 1899

Leonetto Cappiello (born April 6, 1875 in Livorno ; †  February 2, 1942 in Cannes ) was an illustrator , poster artist and caricaturist from Italy who worked in Paris .

Life

In 1895 Leonetto Cappiello published the first caricatures in his hometown. From 1898 he continued his career as a caricaturist in Paris with contributions to the humorous-satirical magazines Le Rire , Le Sourire , L'Assiette au beurre and Le Cri de Paris . In 1899 he achieved a great success with the work Nos Actrices in La Revue blanche . Between 1900 and 1920 he had his posters printed by the Paris publisher P. Vercasson. From 1921 to 1936 he had a contract with the Maison Devambez art print company in Cannes.

He illustrated La Princesse de Babylone ( Voltaire 1768) and the short story Le Poète assassiné ( Guillaume Apollinaire 1916).

He was on the Miss France jury .

Leonetto Cappiello found his final resting place next to his wife Suzanne in the Senlisse cemetery .

Well-known posters (selection)

Works (selection)

  • Nos Actrices par L Cappiello . La Revue blanche , Paris 1899 (French, archive.org ).
  • Gens du Monde par L. Cappiello . L'Assiette au Beurre, No. 84, Paris November 8, 1902 (French, archive.org ).
  • 70 designs by Cappiello . H. Floury, Paris 1905 (French, archive.org ).

literature

  • Guido Batteli: Cappiello, Leonetto . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 552 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Jacques Viénot : L. Cappiello. Sa vie son œuvre. Éditions de Clermont, Paris 1946.
  • Cappiello 1875-1942; caricatures, affiches, peintures et projets décoratifs . Galeries Nationales d'Exposition du Grand Palais Paris 1981. Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication; Réunion des Musées Nationaux; Musée de l'Affiche, Paris 1981.
  • Raffaele Monti; Elisabetta Matucci (Ed.): Leonetto Cappiello dalla pittura alla grafica . Artificio, Florence 1985.
  • Susanna Zatti: Capiello, Leonetto . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 16, Saur, Munich a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-598-22756-6 , p. 272.
  • Jack Rennert: Cappiello. The Posters of Leonetto Cappiello . Posters Please, New York 2004.
  • Francesca Cagianelli: Leonetto Cappiello (1875–1942) oltre l'affiche . Tagete edizioni, Pontedera (PI) 2016, ISBN 978-88-6529-130-6 .

Web links

Commons : Leonetto Cappiello  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Bouillon Kub
  2. ↑ Paper à cigarettes JOB
  3. ↑ Savorez la Savora
  4. ↑ Chaussures Bally
personal data
SURNAME Cappiello, Leonetto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cappiello, Leonetto Adriano Ugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-French illustrator, poster artist and caricaturist
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Livorno
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1942
Place of death Cannes