Vittorio Fiorucci
Vittorio Fiorucci (1932 – July 30, 2008) was an Italian Canadian poster artist from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Fiorucci was born on 2 November 1932, in Zara, Italy. During World War Two when Zara was about to be captured by Yugoslavia, Fiorucci and his family fled to Venice, Italy, where he subsequently spent most of his childhood before coming to Canada in 1951.
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Vittorio Fiorucci
- Born
- 1932 · Zadar.
- Died
- 2008 · Montreal.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- caricaturist · designer · sculptor · artist
- Fields
- public art
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Vittorio Fiorucci (1932 – July 30, 2008) was an Italian Canadian poster artist from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Fiorucci was born on 2 November 1932, in Zara, Italy. During World War Two when Zara was about to be captured by Yugoslavia, Fiorucci and his family fled to Venice, Italy, where he subsequently spent most of his childhood before coming to Canada in 1951.
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Fiorucci was awarded a Moebius Award at the 1998 International Advertising Awards of Chicago, and lifetime achievement awards from the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators and the Institute of Design Montréal. Fiorucci worked in a variety of mediums: he did illustration works for magazines (including the film magazine Take One), children's books, animation, and was an established photographer who was exhibited in 1958 at George Eastman House's International Exhibition of the World's Greatest Photographers. His work was used to promote many of the films that marked the beginning of independent Québécois cinema, and appeared in magazines as varied as Time and (the cinema magazine) Take One. He created the logo for the Le Château chain of clothing stores, and the green mascot Victor of the Just For Laughs festival. He died from a stroke on July 30, 2008, and was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.
Vittorio Fiorucci is recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Classed in the genre public art. Recorded as caricaturist, designer, sculptor and artist.
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1932
Vittorio Fiorucci was born on 2 November 1932.
2008
Vittorio Fiorucci died on 30 July 2008.
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- 1.Québec in design : 75 years of works from the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec = Québec en Design : 75 ans de creations issues de la collection du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. 2007. 978-2-920496-04-0.
- 2.Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société. Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges.
- 3.«Un coup de crayon assez fort pour traverser les époques». Le Devoir.
- 4.Isabelle Paré. Cure de jouvence pour Vittorio - Le maître de l’affiche plonge dans une nouvelle dimension. Le Devoir. 29 septembre 2007.
- 5.Fabien Deglise. «Un coup de crayon assez fort pour traverser les époques». Le Devoir. 1er août 2008.
- 6.Jocelyne Lepage. Vittorio, le roi de l’affiche, s’éteint. La Presse. 1er août 2008.
- 7.Marie-France-Lou Lemay. Le festival Juste pour rire est en deuil. canoe.ca. 1er août 2008.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Serge Jonglé, Vittorio, fer de lance de l’affiche, Vie des Arts, vol. 25, n 101, 1980-1981, .
- Jean-Pierre Le Grand, Vibrant, vivant Vittorio: exposition Vittorio Venise Valcourt au Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier et au Musée du Québec, Vie des Arts, vol. 46, , 2002, .
- Marc H.Choko, Paul Bourassa, Gérald Baril, Le design au Québec, Les Éditions de l’homme, 2003, .
- Marc H.Choko, L’affiche au Québec, Les Éditions de l’homme , 2001, .
- Marc H.Choko, Throught the eyes of Vittorio, Les Éditions de l’homme, 2015
- Centre culturel Canadien, L’Art de Vittorio Fiorucci, affiche 1964-1981, Paris, centre culturel canadien,
- I. Robidas, Kaléidoscope : Exploration interactive de l’œuvre de Vittorio, master en communication, Université du Québec à Montréal, 2002
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