Aleardo Terzi
Encyclopedia
Aleardo Terzi was an Italian
illustrator
and artist
.
He was born in Palermo
. He died in Castelletto sopra Ticino
in 1943.
As an illustrator, Terzi was described as bringing Art Nouveau
poster
design to a world class level.
He produced work throughout his life, notably for the Italian poster company Casa Ricordi
. Most of his work was destroyed in the 1960s when the company cleared its warehouses.
He worked as an illustrator for a Rome
daily called La Tribuna Illustrata.
He illustrated an Italian versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and Gulliver's Travels.
His brother, Amedeo John Engel Terzi
(1872-1956), was also an artist (illustrator
and entomologist specialising in Diptera
).
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
.
He was born in Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
. He died in Castelletto sopra Ticino
Castelletto sopra Ticino
Castelletto sopra Ticino, also referred to by locals as Castelletto Ticino or just Castelletto, is a comune in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about 100 km northeast of Turin and about 30 km north of Novara.It is the birthplace of immunologist Serafino...
in 1943.
As an illustrator, Terzi was described as bringing Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
poster
Poster
A poster is any piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface. Typically posters include both textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly text. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and informative. Posters may be...
design to a world class level.
He produced work throughout his life, notably for the Italian poster company Casa Ricordi
Casa Ricordi
Casa Ricordi is a classical music publishing company founded in 1808 as G. Ricordi & Co. by violinist Giovanni Ricordi in Milan, Italy...
. Most of his work was destroyed in the 1960s when the company cleared its warehouses.
He worked as an illustrator for a Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
daily called La Tribuna Illustrata.
He illustrated an Italian versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and Gulliver's Travels.
His brother, Amedeo John Engel Terzi
Amedeo John Engel Terzi
Amedeo John Engel Terzi was an Italian illustrator and entomologist specialising in Diptera.He was the son of Andrea Terzi , a lithographer and illustrator...
(1872-1956), was also an artist (illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
and entomologist specialising in Diptera
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
).