Antonio Rubino
Antonio Rubino (15 May 1880 – 1 July 1964) was an Italian illustrator, cartoonist, animation director, screenwriter, playwright, author and poet. He was the most prolific comics illustrator in Italy before World War I. • Illustration — Tomaso Monicelli e Antonio Rubino - The little wayfarer - La Lampada Mondadori 1913
Also recorded as Antonio Augusto Rubino · Antonio Rubini
Antonio Rubino
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- Name
- Antonio Rubino
- Birthplace
- Sanremo, Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 1 July 1964
- Place of death
- Bajardo, Italy
- Occupation
- Illustrator Cartoonist
- Born
- 1880 · Sanremo.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Education
- University of Turin
- Known for
- Child's bedroom
- Languages
- Italian
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• Name — Antonio Rubino • Birthplace — Sanremo, Kingdom of Italy • Died — 1 July 1964 • Place of death — Bajardo, Italy • Occupation — Illustrator Cartoonist
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Antonio Rubino (15 May 1880 – 1 July 1964) is described as an author, draughtsman, illustrator and painter in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Getty Union List of Artist Names. The birth of Antonio Rubino is recorded on 15 May 1880, and the death on 1 July 1964.
Biography
Biography
Born Antonio Augusto Rubino in Sanremo, Rubino graduated in law. Then, as an autodidact, he turned his focus to drawing, debuting as the illustrator of Alberto Colantuoni's book L'Albatros. After collaborating with several newspapers and magazines, in 1908 he started a collaboration as illustrator and cartoonist with the children's magazine Corriere dei Piccoli, for which he created numerous successful comic characters, notably Quadratino and Italino. In the 1920s and 1930s Rubino was also chief-editor and sometimes founder of several children's publications, such as Il Balilla, Topolino, Mondo Bambino, and Mondo Fanciullo. He also directed several animated films, debuting in 1942 with Paese dei Ranocchi (The Land of the Frogs), which won the best film award at the Venice Film Festival in the animation category. His film I sette colori (The Seven Colors, released posthumously in 1955), has been described as one of "the most innovative and eclectic films" in the Italian animation field. The surreal style of Rubino has been variously associated to Futurism, East Asian painting, and above all Art Nouveau.
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Antonio Rubino was born in San Remo, Italy, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names. Antonio Rubino died in Baiardo, Italy, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Getty Union List of Artist Names.
Antonio Rubino per JSA, Tenda in cotone stampato fiori vivi. Busto Arsizio, 1954 circa. Esposto presso la Wolfsoniana di Genova.
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- 1.Antonio Rubino. Afnews. 9 January 2009.
- 2.Antonio Rubino. Lambiek.
- 3.B.P. Boschesi, Manuale dei fumetti, Mondadori, 19763. .
- 4.Craig Yoe. Modern arf. Fantagraphics Books, 2005. 2008. 978-1560979128.
- 5.Juliet Kinchin, Aidan O'Connor. Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000. The Museum of Modern Art, 2012. 2012. 978-0870708268.
- 6.Palazzo Pigorini. Depero e Rubino: ovvero, Il futurismo spiegato ai bambini ed il bambino spiegato ai futuristi. Mazzotta, 1999. 1999. 8820213540.
- 7.Carlo Chendi. Strips of land, strips of paper. Tunué, 2008. 2008. 978-8889613504.
- 8.Santo Alligo. Antonio Rubino: i libri illustrati. Little Nemo, 2008. 2008. 978-8890308581.
- 9.Gaetana Marrone, Paolo Puppa (cured by). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Routledge, 2006. 26 December 2006. 1135455309.
- 10.Pietro Favari. Le nuvole parlanti: un secolo di fumetti tra arte e mass media. Dedalo, 1996. 1996. 8822004132.
- 11.Fabrizio Foni. Alla fiera dei mostri. Tunué, 2007. 2007. 978-8889613207.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 13
- Giuseppe Bevione. "Un artista fantastico", in La Lettura. 1 April 1905.
- Rino Albertarelli. "Storia del fumetto: Antonio Rubino", in Linus. n. 1, April 1965.
- Giuseppe Trevisani. Antonio Rubino. Quadratino e i suoi amici. Garzanti, 1967.
- Paola Pallottino. La matita di zucchero. Antonio Rubino. Cappelli, 1978
- Daniele Riva (ed.). Antonio Rubino - Estasi, incubi e allucinazioni 1900-1920. Gabriele Mazzotta Editore, 1980.
- Maria Claudia Capovilla. "Antonio Rubino: formazione di uno stile grafico originale", in Arte in Friuli, 1985.
- Claudio Bertieri (ed.). Antonio Rubino - L'amico delle nuvole. Comune di Sanremo, 1995.
- Vitaliano Rocchiero. Antonio Rubino (1980-1964), in Liguria, n. 10-11, October 1998.
- Claudio Bertieri (ed.). Mondo Fanciullo - Antonio Rubino narratore per ragazzi. Comune di Sanremo, 2005.
- Linda Pacifici. "Far fantasticare fantasticando: gli esordi artistici di Antonio Rubino e Giuseppe Fanciulli", in Artista, Critica dell'arte in Toscana, 2005.
- Matteo Stefanelli, Fabio Gadducci (ed.). Antonio Rubino - Gli anni del Corriere dei Piccoli. Black Velvet Editrice, 2009.
- Matteo Fochessati. "La cameretta dei bambini di Antonio Rubino alla Wolfsoniana", in LG Argomenti, XLVI, n. 2, April 2010. pp. 10–13.
- Freddy Colt. "Antonio Rubino, poeta "fantasy" e illustratore", in Sanremesità, Volti e risvolti della cultura locale. Philobiblon, 2013. pp. 26–29.
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