Antonio Rubino

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.

Tomaso Monicelli e Antonio Rubino - The little wayfarer - La Lampada Mondadori 1913

Antonio Rubino
Born15 May 1880 (1880-05-15)
Sanremo, Italy
Died1 July 1964 (1964-08) (aged 84)
Bajardo, Italy
Occupation(s)Illustrator
Cartoonist

Biography

Born Antonio Augusto Rubino in Sanremo, Rubino graduated in law. Then, as an autodidact, he turned his focus to drawing, debuting as the illustrator of Alberto Colantuoni's book L'Albatros.[1]

After collaborating with several newspapers and magazines, in 1908 he started a collaboration as illustrator and cartoonist with the children's 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, and Mondo Fanciullo.[4]

He 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 category.[5] His film I sette colori (The Seven Colors, released posthumously in 1955), has been described 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. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. "Antonio Rubino". Lambiek. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. B.P. Boschesi, Manuale dei fumetti, Mondadori, 19763. ISBN 8804133635.
  4. Juliet Kinchin, Aidan O'Connor (2012). Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000. The Museum of Modern Art, 2012. ISBN 978-0870708268.
  5. Craig Yoe (2008). Modern arf. Fantagraphics Books, 2005. ISBN 978-1560979128.
  6. Gaetana Marrone, Paolo Puppa (cured by) (26 December 2006). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Routledge, 2006. ISBN 1135455309.
  7. Palazzo Pigorini (1999). Depero e Rubino: ovvero, Il futurismo spiegato ai bambini ed il bambino spiegato ai futuristi. Mazzotta, 1999. ISBN 8820213540.
  8. Carlo Chendi (2008). Strips of land, strips of paper. Tunué, 2008. ISBN 978-8889613504.
  9. Santo Alligo (2008). Antonio Rubino: i libri illustrati. Little Nemo, 2008. ISBN 978-8890308581.
  10. Pietro Favari (1996). Le nuvole parlanti: un secolo di fumetti tra arte e mass media. Dedalo, 1996. ISBN 8822004132.
  11. Fabrizio Foni (2007). Alla fiera dei mostri. Tunué, 2007. ISBN 978-8889613207.

Further reading
  • Giuseppe Bevione. "Un artista fantastico", in La Lettura. 1 April 1905.
  • Rino Albertarelli. "Storia del fumetto: Antonio Rubino", in Linus. n. 1, April 1965.
  • Giuseppe Trevisani. Antonio Rubino. Quadratino e i suoi amici. Garzanti, 1967.
  • Paola Pallottino. La matita di zucchero. Antonio Rubino. Cappelli, 1978
  • Daniele Riva (ed.). Antonio Rubino - Estasi, incubi e allucinazioni 1900-1920. Gabriele Mazzotta Editore, 1980.
  • Maria Claudia Capovilla. "Antonio Rubino: formazione di uno stile grafico originale", in Arte in Friuli, 1985.
  • Claudio Bertieri (ed.). Antonio Rubino - L'amico delle nuvole. Comune di Sanremo, 1995.
  • Vitaliano Rocchiero. Antonio Rubino (1980-1964), in Liguria, n. 10-11, October 1998.
  • Claudio Bertieri (ed.). Mondo Fanciullo - Antonio Rubino narratore per ragazzi. Comune di Sanremo, 2005.
  • Linda Pacifici. "Far fantasticare fantasticando: gli esordi artistici di Antonio Rubino e Giuseppe Fanciulli", in Artista, Critica dell'arte in Toscana, 2005.
  • Matteo Stefanelli, Fabio Gadducci (ed.). Antonio Rubino - Gli anni del Corriere dei Piccoli. Black Velvet Editrice, 2009.
  • Matteo Fochessati. "La cameretta dei bambini di Antonio Rubino alla Wolfsoniana", in LG Argomenti, XLVI, n. 2, April 2010. pp. 10–13.
  • Freddy Colt. "Antonio Rubino, poeta "fantasy" e illustratore", in Sanremesità, Volti e risvolti della cultura locale. Philobiblon, 2013. pp. 26–29.
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