Antonio Rubino

Antonio Rubino
Born 15 May 1880 (1880-05-15)
Sanremo, Italy
Died 1 July 1964 (1964-08) (aged 84)
Bajardo, Italy
Occupation Illustrator
Cartoonist

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.

Biography

Born Antonio Augusto Rubino in Sanremo, Rubino graduated in law, then, as an autodidact, he turned focused into drawning, debuting as the illustrator of the Alberto Colantuoni's book L'Albatros.[1] After collaborating with several newspapers and magazines, in 1908 he started a proficuous collaboration as illustrator and cartoonist with the children magazine Corriere dei Piccoli, for which he created numerous successful comic characters, notably Quadratino and Italino.[2][3] 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, Mondo Fanciullo.[4] Rubino 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 cateqory.[5] His film I sette colori (The Seven Colors, released postmously in 1955) is regarded as one of "the most innovative and eclectic films" in the Italian animation field.[6]

The surreal style of Rubino has been variously associated to Futurism[4][7] East Asian painting,[8][9] and above all Art Nouveau.[6][8][10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Antonio Rubino". Afnews. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Antonio Rubino". Lambiek. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. ↑ B.P. Boschesi, Manuale dei fumetti, Mondadori, 19763. ISBN 8804133635.
  4. 1 2 Juliet Kinchin, Aidan O'Connor. Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000. The Museum of Modern Art, 2012. ISBN 0870708260.
  5. ↑ Craig Yoe. Modern arf. Fantagraphics Books, 2005. ISBN 1560979127.
  6. 1 2 Gaetana Marrone, Paolo Puppa (cured by). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Routledge, 2006. ISBN 1135455309.
  7. ↑ Palazzo Pigorini. Depero e Rubino: ovvero, Il futurismo spiegato ai bambini ed il bambino spiegato ai futuristi. Mazzotta, 1999. ISBN 8820213540.
  8. 1 2 Carlo Chendi. Strips of land, strips of paper. Tunué, 2008. ISBN 8889613505.
  9. ↑ Santo Alligo. Antonio Rubino: i libri illustrati. Little Nemo, 2008. ISBN 8890308583.
  10. ↑ Pietro Favari. Le nuvole parlanti: un secolo di fumetti tra arte e mass media. Dedalo, 1996. ISBN 8822004132.
  11. ↑ Fabrizio Foni. Alla fiera dei mostri. Tunué, 2007. ISBN 8889613203.

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