Renato Casaro

Renato Casaro (born October 26, 1935 in Treviso ) is an Italian painter and illustrator .

Renato Casaro (2016)

Life

After graduating from school, Casaro began training as a graphic designer. At the age of 17 he received his first orders for cinema facade decoration in exchange for free entry. When he was 19, he completed a one-year traineeship at Atelier Favalli in Rome.

At the age of 21 he opened his own studio in Rome, making him the youngest independent film illustrator. He designed his first movie poster in 1956 for the German film Two Blue Eyes . He already had great success in the era of the Italian colossal films at the end of the 50s.

In 1965 Casaro achieved his international breakthrough with the worldwide distribution of the poster for the Dion de Laurentiis production The Bible and, for the first time, a large advertising space on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

Close collaboration with Sergio Leone - posters for films such as For a Fistful of Dollars or Once Upon a Time in America become classics. The posters for the Terence Hill / Bud Spencer film cycle are cult.

From 1979 numerous exhibitions and awards (see below).

In 1985 Casaro received a teaching position at the private Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome . Since then he has also made regular study trips to the west of the United States to work on the painting cycle “Going West” and to African countries to observe animals for his paintings “African Impressions”. Casaro has been working on the series “Painted Movies” since 1988.

1992 Casaro was a retrospective entitled "30 Years of Life in Pictures" in the Pinakothek of Pinerolo issue (province of Turin).

For Quentin Tarantino he designed several Italian movie posters with Rick Dalton ( Leonardo DiCaprio ), which were used in the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).

Movie posters painted by Renato Casaro (selection)

For a better understanding: the years given for the films refer to the year in which the film was shown in the country in which the film poster was drawn and used by R. C. The known (proven) formats are listed. A poster has not always been created in several formats. (Abbreviations used below: WA- = re-performance; VA- = advance notice; A1 = Din A1, German paper format, approx. 60 × 84 cm; A0 = Din A0, German paper format, approx. 84 × 118 cm; 6 / 1 = advertising pillar poster (triple A0 across), approx. 118 × 250 cm, usually in portrait format; Italian 1Foglio = Italian cinema poster in the format "uno Foglio", approx. 70 × 100 cm; Italian 2Foglio = Italian . Cinema poster in the format "due foglio", approx. 100 × 140 cm; Italian. 4Foglio = Italian cinema poster in the format "quatro foglio", approx. 140 × 198 cm; Italian Locandina = Italian cinema poster in the format "locandina", approx. 33 × 71 cm; US-1Sheet = American cinema poster in the format one-sheet (= 27 × 41 inches), approx. 69 × 103 cm; UK-Quad = British cinema poster in the format "Quad" (= 30 × 40 inches ), approx. 75 × 105 cm)

• The Adventures of Baron Münchhausen (1988, German cinema poster A1 and A0, portrait format, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin)
• Amadeus (1984, Italian 4Foglio, portrait)
• Angel Heart (1986, German cinema poster A1 and A0, portrait format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih)
• On the wings of death (1987, German cinema poster A1 and A0, portrait format, for the film distributor: Senator Film)
• The Outsider (1983, German cinema poster in A1 format, portrait format, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin)
• The Outsider (1983, German cinema poster A0, landscape format, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin, motif other than portrait format)
• BAT-21 - Mitten im Feuer (1988, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Senator Film)
• Bingo Bongo (1982, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih)
• The Black Duke / Il Duca nero (1983, Italian 2Foglio, portrait)
• Brenda Starr (1986, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: Highlight Film, also used as a video poster)
• Britannia Hospital (1984, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: Schröder Filmverleih)
• Der Brummbär (1986, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih)
• Conan the Destroyer (1984, German cinema poster A1, A0, double A0 and 6/1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin)
• Cotton Club (1984, German cinema poster A1 and A0, portrait format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih)
• Chronicle of an announced death (1987, German VA cinema poster A1, landscape format, for film distribution: Concorde)
• Dances with Wolves (1990, German cinema poster A1 and A0, portrait format, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin)
• Dances with Wolves (1993, German cinema poster for the 3-hour version A1, A0 and double A0, portrait format, new motif, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin)
• Dances with wolves (1990, Italian 2Folio and Italian 4Foglio, 3rd motif, different from the German motifs)
• Django knows no mercy (Pochi dollari per Django, 1966, Italian Locandina, portrait format)
• Once upon a time in America (1984, cover for the press booklet, approx. 31 × 63 cm, portrait format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih)
• Once upon a time in America (1984, German cinema poster A1, A0 and double A0, landscape format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih, with text box used as WA poster in 1989)
• Ewoks - Kampf um Endor (1982, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin)
• Farewell to the King (1988, German cinema poster A1 and A0, portrait format, for the film distributor: Scotia )
• A fist goes west (1981, German cinema poster A0, landscape format, for the film distributor: TOBIS)
• Feuer, Eis & Dynamit (1990, German cinema poster A1 and A0 and 6/1, portrait format, for film distribution: Neue Constantin)
• Flash Gordon (1980, German cinema poster A1 and 6/1, portrait format, for film distribution: 20th Century Fox, two different motifs)
• Flesh and Blood (1986, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: Orion im Filmverlag)
• Formula 1 and hot girls (1984, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih)
• Franziskus (1988, German cinema poster A1 and A0, portrait format, for the film distributor: Senator Film)
• For a handful of dollars (1978, German WA cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: TOBIS)
• For a handful of dollars (1978, German WA cinema poster A0, landscape format, for film distribution: TOBIS, 2nd motif)
• For a few dollars more (1978, German WA cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: TOBIS)
• For a few dollars more (1978, German WA cinema poster A0, landscape format, for film distribution: TOBIS, 2nd motif)
• The Glorious (1983, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin)
• I am the greatest (1984, German cinema poster A0, landscape format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih)
• The crypt of the dead women (Il principe della notte, 1966, Italian Locandina, portrait format)
• Helsinki - Napoli, all Night long (1987, German cinema poster A1 and A0, portrait format, for the film distributor: Senator Film)
• The executioner of Venice (1964, Austrian cinema poster A1, portrait format)
• High Spirits (1987, German cinema poster A1, A0 and 6/1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Senator Film)
• I want, I want ... maybe? (1976, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Scotia)
• Lights of the big city (1968, Italian 2Foglio and Italian 4Foglio, portrait format, one motif in two variations for 2 formats)
• Lock Up - Survival is everything (1989, German cinema poster A1, A0 and 6/1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Scotia)
• Masters of the Universe (1987, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: Scotia)
• My name is Nobody (1973, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Tobis)
• My name is Nobody (1973, German cinema poster A0, landscape format, for the film distributor: Tobis, motif other than portrait format)
• Miles from Home (1987, German cinema poster A1 and A0, portrait format, for film distribution: Neue Constantin)
• Poppy is also a flower (1973, German WA cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: PHKnipp)
• The Osterman Weekend (1983, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih)
• Out of Rosenheim (1987, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: the authors' film publisher, comment: large deviation from the usual style)
• Over the Top (1987, German cinema poster A1, A0 and double A0, portrait format, for film distribution: Scotia, one motif - three variations of the poster)
• Der Profi (1981, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin)
• Rambo (2nd part) - The Order (1985, German cinema poster A1 and A0, landscape format, for the film distributor: Scotia)
• Rambo III (1988, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih)
• Rambo III (1988, German cinema poster A0, landscape format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih, motif other than portrait format)
• The right and left hand of the devil (1975, German WA cinema poster A1, A0 and double A0, portrait format, for film distribution: TOBIS)
• Red Sonja (1985, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: TOBIS)
• Red Sonja (1985, German cinema poster A0, landscape format, for film distribution: TOBIS, motif other than portrait format)
• Die Reise ins Ich (1987, German cinema poster A1, A0 and 6/1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Warner Bros.)
• Renegades - On your own (1989, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: DELTA Film, Berlin)
• Rumble Fish (1983, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Scotia)
• Rumble Fish (1983, UKQ, landscape format, for distribution by Scotia)
• Running Man (1987, German cinema poster A1, A0, double A0 and 6/1, portrait format, for film distribution: Neue Constantin)
• Never say never (James Bond 007 remake of "Fireball") (1982, German cinema poster A1 and A0, portrait format, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin)
• Never say never ( James Bond 007 remake of "Fireball" ) (1982, German cinema poster A1, A0 and 6/1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin, 2nd motif, Connery in pose without scenes in the background)
• Schrei aus Stein (1991, German cinema poster A1, high motif, for the film distributor: Neue Constantin, two different motifs)
• Shanghai Surprise (1986, German cinema poster A1 and video poster A1, high motif, for film distribution: Warner Bros.)
• The super guy (1982, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Ascot)
• Supergirl (1984, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Scotia)
• Superman IV - Die Welt am Abgrund (1986, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: Scotia)
• The black tulip (1963, Italian 2Foglio, portrait format, taken over from the German film distributor Ceres and pasted over with a German title, 2 different motifs)
• The Sicilian (1987, German cinema poster A1 and A0, for the film distributor: Senator Film)
• The devilish (Il Diabolici, 1966, Italian WA-1Foglio, portrait format)
• The Neverending Story II (1990, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: CineVox / Warner Bros., preliminary poster)
• The Neverending Story II (1990, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: CineVox / Warner Bros., main motif, other motif as preliminary poster)
• The Neverending Story II (La Historia Interminable, 1990, Italian 2Foglio, portrait format, different motif than in Germany)
• Four fists for a Hallelujah (1976, German WA cinema poster A1, portrait format, for the film distributor: TOBIS)
• Four fists for a Hallelujah (1976, German WA cinema poster A0, landscape format, for film distribution: TOBIS, motif other than portrait format)
• The Greyhound (1978, German cinema poster A0, landscape format, for the film distributor: TOBIS)
• Winter People - Like a Leaf in the Wind (1988, German cinema poster A1 and A0, portrait format, for film distribution: Jugendfilm Verleih)
• The desert planet (1983, Italian Locandina and US-1Sheet)
• The future is called woman (1984, German cinema poster A1, portrait format, for film distribution: ASCOT, photo elements with parts from RC)

Posters for events painted by Renato Casaro (selection)

• Filmfest München 1986 (June 21-29, 1986, in A1 and A0 format, shows Marlene Dietrich and Jean Gabin )
• Filmfest München 1987 (June 20-28, 1987, in A1 and A0 format, shows Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (?))
• Karl May Games 1993 Bad Segeberg : The Oil Prince (with Gojko Mitić , Christopher Barker , Joshy Peters and Freddy Quinn ) (June 26 - August 22, 1993, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 1994 Bad Segeberg : The Treasure in Silbersee (with Gojko Mitić , Joshy Peters and Freddy Quinn) (July 2 - August 28, 1994, in A1, A0 and double A0 format)
• Karl May Games 1996 Bad Segeberg : Winnetou and the Scout (with Gojko Mitić and Reiner Schöne) (June 22 - August 25, 1996, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 1997 Bad Segeberg : Winnetou and Old Firehand (with Gojko Mitić , Peter Hofmann and Keely Sims) (1997, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 1998 Bad Segeberg : Under Vultures - The Spirit of the Llano Estacado (with Gojko Mitić and Horst Janson ) (June 27 - September 6, 1998, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 1999 Bad Segeberg : Half-Blood (with Gojko Mitić , Elke Sommer and Pierre Brice ) (June 19 - August 29, 1999, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 2000 Bad Segeberg : The Oil Prince (with Gojko Mitić , Joshy Peters and Mathieu Carrière ) (June 24 - September 3, 2000, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 2001 Bad Segeberg : The Treasure in Silbersee (with Gojko Mitić , Horst Janson , Dolly Dollar and Arthur Brauss) (June 30 - September 9, 2001, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 2002 Bad Segeberg : In the Valley of Death (with Gojko Mitić , Reiner Schöne and Allegra Curtis) (June 22nd - September 1st, 2002, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 2003 Bad Segeberg : Old Surehand (with Gojko Mitić , Wayne Carpendale and Dunja Rajter ) (June 28 - September 7, 2003, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 2004 Bad Segeberg : Under Vultures - The Bear Hunter's Son (with Gojko Mitić , Patrick Bach , Tanja Szewczenko and Ulli Kinalzik ) (June 26th - September 5th, 2004, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 2005 Bad Segeberg : Winnetou and the secret of the rock castle (with Gojko Mitić , Götz Otto and Saskia Valencia ) (June 25 - September 4, 2005, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 2006 Bad Segeberg : Winnetou III (with Gojko Mitić , Volker Brandt, Alexandra Kamp and Winfried Glatzeder ) (July 1 - September 10, 2006, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 2007 Bad Segeberg : Winnetou I (with Erol Sander , Peter Kremer and Thorsten Nindel) (23 June - 2 September 2007, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 2008 Bad Segeberg : Winnetou and Old Firehand (with Erol Sander , Alexander Wussow and Beatrice Richter ) (June 28 - September 7, 2008, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 2009 Bad Segeberg : The Treasure in Silbersee (with Erol Sander , Dorkas Kiefer and Martin Semmelrogge ) (June 27th - September 6th, 2009, in A1 and A0 format)
• Karl May Games 2010 Bad Segeberg : Half-Blood (with Erol Sander , Joshy Peters , Eva Habermann and Ingo Naujoks ) (June 26 - September 5, 2010, in A1 and A0 format)
• Posters of the Circus Krone
• Event posters and cover motifs for the souvenir programs of Circus Roncalli

Commercial posters and art prints (selection)

• Invitation / Dinner of the Famous (Motif: a modification of The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci) with the most famous deceased film stars, with Marilyn Monroe in the position of Jesus. The picture comes in two versions, the actors from left to right: Oliver Hardy , Stan Laurel , Elvis Presley , Clark Gable as Rhett Butler from ' Gone with the Wind ', John Wayne or Robert Mitchum , Charlie Chaplin , Marilyn Monroe, James Dean from ' Giants ', Humphrey Bogart from ' Casablanca ', Fred Astaire , Cary Grant , Boris Karloff or Groucho Marx , Marlon Brando from ' Der Wilde ' (available in different formats and e.g. also as a 1000-piece puzzle from Schmidt Spiele))
• Shooting break (shows the well-known black and white photo "Lunch atop a skyscraper" by Charles C. Ebbets , 1932) with the "Stars": King Kong , Clark Gable , Charlie Chaplin , James Stewart from ' Winchester ' 73 ' , Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe , Marilyn Monroe , Elvis Presley , James Dean from ' ... because they don't know what they're doing ', Steve McQueen from ' Le Mans ', Edward G. Robinson as Little Caesar , Johnny Weissmüller as Tarzan .
• The Magnificent Seven (for the film of the same name, but was never used as a film poster; is available in various formats and also as a 1000-piece puzzle by Schmidt Spiele)
• Dinner for One (based on the play of the same name, which is shown every year on New Year's Eve on the 3rd programs on German television, butler James in his most famous pose). Available in various square formats and also as a 1000-piece puzzle from Schmidt Spiele.
• 100 years of film (motif: shows a modification of the famous painting " The School of Athens " by the painter Raffael). The picture is available in two versions, on the newer version Boris Karloff, Alfred Hitchcock and John Wayne have been replaced with other characters. (Comes in different formats and was used as the fold-out cover of issue 200 of the film magazine Cinema).
• High Noon (Motive for the film ' Twelve o'clock ', but was never used as a movie poster)
• Tramp (motif: Charlie Chaplin with children in the Chaplin look)
• Luce della citta / lights of the big city (motif: Charlie Chaplin between skyscrapers)
• Sirocco / Scirocco (motif: Bedouin hugs naked woman in front of desert dune)
• Sirocco II (like: Sirocco, only the Bedouin coat lets part of the woman's pose shine through)
• Everybodies Dream (motif: Marilyn Monroe in bed, hugging a pillow)
• Shalimar (motif: Bedouin standing on a dune in front of a naked woman)
• A Star is born (Motif: Marilyn Monroe in a shell, based on the painting ' The Birth of Venus ' by Sandro Botticelli)
• Mount Hollywood (motif: a modification of the famous presidential heads on Mount Rushmore with the heads of Humphrey Bogart , Marilyn Monroe , James Dean and Elvis Presley )
• Perry Rhodan (Motive: Rhodan in front of space scenery , as a reinterpretation of the iconic figure of the German novel series of the same name (1998))

Honourings and prices

• 1980: CINEMA E SOCIETA medal for special contributions to film
• 1984: Award for Best Movie Poster in Italy for Rambo I.
• 1987: Award for Best Movie Poster in Italy for Chronicle of a Death Foreboding
• 1988: Honorary citizen of his hometown Treviso and holder of the TOTILA city order
• 1988: Honorary member of the Venice Advertising Association
• 1988: Award for Best Movie Poster in the USA for The Last Emperor
• 1988: Award for Best Movie Poster for Terror in the Opera
• 1989: Gold medal for life's work from the Italian Ministry of Culture
• 1991: Two first prizes for the best movie posters for Sky over the Desert and Nikita
• 1992: Best Movie Poster That Dances With Wolves (JUPITER)
• 1992: Holder of the city order “Maschera di Ferro” from Pinerolo for his exhibition “30 years of life for film”

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1979: Cultural Department of the City of Genoa : "Cinema al muro" (cinema on the wall)
• 1984: “Salon des Illustrateurs” in Paris
• 1986: Exhibition of 200 original paintings for film posters in the Gasteig cultural center in Munich ,
• 1988: Traveling exhibition through German cities, a. a. Municipal gallery, Rosenheim
• 1992: PAINTED MOVIES Gallery Arpé, Cannes / France
• 1992: “30 years of life for the film” Pinakothek Turin-Pinerolo
• Since 1992: "Painted Movies" in different locations
• 2012: Painted film - film posters by RC in the Folkwang Museum, Essen (February 4 - April 15, 2012)

Literature on or about Renato Casaro

• R & G Contact (Ed.): Renato Casaro - Illustrator. 1988, ISBN 3-9801878-0-2 . (The illustrated book contains predominantly full-page film posters from the years 1979–1988, whereby only the images are shown as artworks in the book (i.e. without title imprint, cast & credits, rental information). This was the first book that exclusively showed his work)
• Martin Heider, Eberhard Urban (Eds.): Renato Casaro - From Hollywood to Africa. Preface by Eugenio Manzato. Translations: Elisabeth Seligmann. Heider Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2003, ISBN 3-87314-389-5 .
• Renato Casaro - Movie Art (In the Limelight). PGM Art World, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-87314-389-5 .
• Renato Casaro - Painted Movies. Text: Osvaldo de Micheli. R & G Contact, Marbella 1992, ISBN 3-9801878-1-0 .
• Museum Folkwang (ed.): Painted film. Posters by Renato Casaro. Edition Folkwang / Steidl, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-86930-474-8 . (With an essay by René Grohnert; the 70 posters from the exhibition of the same name and their creation are presented using sketches)

Web links

• Official Homepage (de)
• Folkwang Museum, Essen. Painted film - film posters by Renato Casaro (de) Exhibition from February 4 - April 15, 2012