Roberto Franzoni
Bologna 1882 - 1960
While attending the Fine Art
Academy in Bologna, he produces interesting drawings,
watercolours, oil paintings, parchments, decorative boards,
small tapestries under the influence of Mucha and his decorative
style.
His style is peculiar for its
neat lines, the clear disposition of colours and hues, the
excellent definition of figures, as if they had been cut and
assembled in colourful puzzles. He remained faithful to these
schemas for more than fifty years of his prolific activity, that
was characterized by this personal anachronistic coherence. He
didn’t like to organize exhibitions and maybe considered himself
unappreciated. From the start of XX century he devoted to poster
art with several refined posters, such as L’ Avvenire d’ Italia,
Bologna-feste di primavera and others, not to mention his
posters to advertise the Adriatic Riviera. His poster for the
film Marc’ Antonio and Cleopatra of 1913, has been dated 1925
in a wrong way, due to its geometrical ornamental motives,
forerunner of the Déco style.
Works:
Roberto Franzoni
Translation by Irene De Angelis Curtis