Fernando Carcupino
| Fernando Carcupino | |
|---|---|
| Born |
23 July 1922 Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
| Died |
March 21, 2003 (aged 80) Milan, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Brera Academy, Milan |
| Known for | paintings on plaster |
| Notable work | mothers with children, naked women, young girls |
| Movement | comics |
| Awards | Knighthood of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for artistic merit by the President of the Italian Republic |
Fernando Carcupino (July 23, 1922 - 21 March 2003) was an Italian artist.[1][2]
In 1946, called to collaborate with the magazine "Asso di Picche" by Mario Faustinelli, he became part of the so-called Group of Venice with Hugo Pratt, Dino Battaglia and Damiano Damiani. Carcupino with Guido Crepax is one of the leading exponents of Italian Comics artist history.
Biography
Carcupino was born in Rome, the son of Matilda and Mario. After attending the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, he dedicated himself to painting.
During the Second World War he worked to the animated feature "The Rose of Baghdad" (La rosa di Bagdad) along with Angelo Bioletto, Maraja and other animators under the direction of Anton Gino Domeneghini. In the early 1940s he also wrote and drew his first comic titled "Scacco matto a Coe" (Checkmate to Coe) within the series The Solitary (Il Solitario) for the weekly magazine "Dinamite" and later on the book with the same name.
In 1946, Mario Faustinelli called him to be part of the venetian Magazine "Asso di Picche", where he published the serialized horror "Draky", "La morte viene con la nebbia" (Death comes with fog) and, later, "Billy King e il vampire Lyon" (Billy King and the vampire Lyon), "Il figlio del vampire" (The son of the vampire), that in the sixties were restored by the artist himself for one of the most important European magazines in the comics market, Sgt. Kirk, of the Genoese publisher Fiorenzo Ivaldi (patron of Hugo Pratt).
In 1948 Carcupino drew "Il figlio della note" (The son of the night) on a story by Andrea Lavezzolo.
In 1954, "La settimana umoristica" (The week humorous), presents, "The girl of Carcupino" and in the centerfold "Rome by night".
Carcupino travelled and lived abroad a lot, especially in New York and East Africa. In 1983 the President of the Italian Repubblic appointed him Knight for Artistic Merit. In 1989 he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Pope John Paul II, and on that occasion the Pope invited Carcupino to a private meeting.
Carcupino had many solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad, focused especiallyon portraits of naked women, young girls and mothers with children, "My women are never idealized, but observed in private moments of their daily lives. In this way I believe to be able to gathering water better what I think of human nature. I prefer the still life, perhaps because I see in books, in the plasticity of the forms, a sensuous appeal".
Among the biographers of Carcupino are his daughter Stefania, critics Ignazio Mormino, Ennio Concarotti and Giuseppe Patellaro, Graziano Origa, Claudio dell'Orso, and the collector Ilenio Trevisan.
In 1999 the "Festival Expocartoon" rewarded him with Caran d'Ache, a life award for illustration.
In 1997, the magazine The Comics Journal in Italy by Graziano Origa devoted to him two special issues.
He died in Milan on 21 March 2003 after a long illness.
Style
Since the early 1970s he devoted himself entirely to painting.
His favorite subjects were nudes and still life, privileged subjects in which volume and the plasticity of forms with the geometry of the construction and a bold use of color and pictorial material are exalted. The most valuable works of Carcupino are those depicting mothers with child.
Works
His works have been exhibited and sold in Italy and abroad in England, Scandinavia, Germany, and other European countries, and the United States, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
- Ragazza chinata con calze e cappello (Girl with folded socks and hat), 1993, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
- Nudo di schiena con le calze sotto il ginocchio (Nude back with stockings under the knee), 1992, oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm
- Ragazza anni venti con le mani sui fianchi (Twenties girl with hands on hips), 1992, gouache and pencil, 35 x 50 cm
- Nudo (Naked), 1988, felt-tip pen, 35 x 50 cm
- Un Libro che da da pensare (A Book that by think), 1987, oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm
- Sestetto di George Mulligan (Sax) (George Mulligan sextet-sax), 1987, crayon and tempera, 70 x 50 cm
- Sax Flip Phillips tromba Roy Eldridge (Sax Flip Phillips trumpet Roy Eldridge), 1987, felt-tip pen, 70 x 50 cm
- Una Pausa per la modella (Pause for a model), 1985, oil on canvas, 61 x 92 cm
- Mario Tempesti, 1985, tempera and mixed, 35 x 70 cm
- Ballerina che si mette il Tutù (Ballerina puts Tutù), 1984, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm
- Danzatrice che si allaccia le scarpette (Dancer tying his shoes), 1984, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm
- Limoni sulla tovaglia (Lemons on tablecloth), 1987, oil on canvas, 30 x 20 cm
- Loredana di raccoglie i capelli (Loredana collects her hair), 1979, oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm
- La Tortora, 1978, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm
- Frutta e cipolle (Fruits and onions), 1978, oil on canvas, 30 x 20 cm
- Mamma con bambino nudo (Mom with naked baby), 1976, graffiti on plaster, 25 x 50
- Ritratto di Mario Carcupino (Portrait of Mario Carcupino), 1971, oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm
- Vigilessa e suore (Traffic police and nuns), oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
Honors and awards
| Order | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Knight of Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for Artistic merit |  Italy |
1983 |
- Caran d'Ache Award, "Lifetime illustration Achievement Award", Expocartoon, 1999
- Special Tribute issue of The Comics Journal by Graziano Origa devoted to him two special editions awards, 1997
See also
References
- ↑ Giuseppe Marchiori (1977) Carrà, Carlo (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, volume 20. Roma: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed April 2014
- ↑ Michele Di Monte (2004). Hayez, Francesco (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, volume 61. Roma: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed April 2014
Bibliography
- Mircea Mihăieș, Istoria lui Corto Maltese. Pirat, anarhist și visător, 2014
- Hugo Pratt, Dominique Petitfaux, Bruno Lagrange, Il desiderio di essere inutile: ricordi e riflessioni, Lizard, 1996
- Claude Moliterni, Histoire mondiale de la bande dessinée, P. Horay, 1989
- Mircea Mihăieș, Istoria lui Corto Maltese. Pirat, anarhist și visător
- Barbara Cinelli, Flavio Fergonzi, Maria Grazia Messina, Antonello Negri, Arte moltiplicata: L'immagine del '900 italiano nello specchio dei rotocalchi
- Sergio Giuffrida, Riccardo Mazzoni, Giallo: poliziesco, thriller e detective story, Leonardo arte, 1999
- Vittorio Baccelli, Pagine Libere Tre
- Sergio Algozzino, Tutt'a un tratto. Una storia della linea nel fumetto
- Annuario Comed: guida ragionata delle belle arti, Edizione 29, 2002
- Luca Boschi, Irripetibili: le grandi stagioni del fumetto italiano, Coniglio Editore, 2007
External links
- Official Foundation FNCarcupino, Associazione F.N.Carcupino-Curtatone19, Milan, Italy
- Official site of Carcupino
- The European Comics Collection Introductory Exhibit, Michigan State University Libraries
- The Comic Art Collection Home Page, Michigan State University Libraries