Armando Testa
Illustration — Armando Testa 1971 Armando Testa (23 March 1917 – 20 March 1992) was an Italian graphic designer, cartoonist, animator and painter. Armando Testa was born in Turin, Testa worked as a typesetter until 20 years old. He was initiated to artistic career by abstract painter Ezio D'Errico, who was one of his professors at the Vigliardi-Paravia Printing School he attended.
Armando Testa

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- Born
- 1917 · Turin.
- Died
- 1992 · Turin.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- painter · advertising person · designer
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Armando Testa 1971 Armando Testa (23 March 1917 – 20 March 1992) was an Italian graphic designer, cartoonist, animator and painter. Armando Testa was born in Turin, Testa worked as a typesetter until 20 years old. He was initiated to artistic career by abstract painter Ezio D'Errico, who was one of his professors at the Vigliardi-Paravia Printing School he attended.
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Born at Turin in 1917, died in Turin in 1992.
The recorded working language is Italian. Work by Armando Testa is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Collection Sports Heritage NOC*NSF and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

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- 1."Armando Testa" in Communication Arts, Volume 17, Issue 6. pp. 30-41.
- 2.Mark Tungate. Adland: A Global History of Advertising. Kogan Page Publishers, 2007. 139–143. 2007. 978-0749448370.
- 3.John McDonough, Karen Egolf. The Advertising Age: Encyclopedia of Advertising. Routledge, 2015. 18 June 2015. 978-1135949136.
- 4.GALLERIACONTINUA. Armando Testa Biography. Galleria Continua.
- 5.Giovanna Grassi. Armando Testa, una vita da applausi. Corriere della Sera. 35. 6 September 2009.
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