Leopoldo Metlicovitz
Leopoldo Metlicovitz (Croatian Metlicović, born July 17, 1868 in Trieste , † October 19, 1944 in Ponte Lambro ) was an Italian painter , poster artist , illustrator and set designer of Dalmatian descent.
Since his early youth he worked as an apprentice in a printing company in Udine , where he learned the technique of lithography . There he was noticed by Giulio Ricordi , owner of the Mailender music publisher Casa Ricordi and the Officine Graphiche Ricordi , who brought him to Milan and employed him in his print shop. In ten years Metlicovich rose to the position of technical manager of the company. At the same time he developed as an autodidact to become an artist of Art Nouveau and started working as an artist in 1894.
He began his career as a set and costume designer at La Scala in Milan . He was friends with Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini . He designed dozens of advertising posters for well-known Italian companies such as Fratelli Branca, and provided illustrations for Italian magazines.
At the beginning of the 20th century he visited England , Germany and France . In 1907 he married Elvira Lazzaroni and went on a trip to Argentina , visited the country again in 1910 and worked there as a poster artist for six months. In 1915 he bought a villa in Ponte Lambro . In 1938 he ended his collaboration with Casa Ricordi and retired to his villa, where he devoted himself to painting and died in 1944.
literature
- Laura Mocci, Metlicovitz, Leopoldo. In Dizionario biografico degli italiani , vol. 74. Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2010.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Metlicovitz, Leopoldo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poster artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trieste |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1944 |
| Place of death | Ponte Lambro |