Painter, illustrator and writer (Sanremo 1880 - Baiardo 1964). Linked to art nouveau, he renewed illustration and children's literature in Italy, introducing a charge of irreverent fantasy and capturing in the world of children the taste for the negation of roles and the availability for the unexpected. He was one of the founders (1908) of Corriere dei piccoli, for which he designed the masthead and many bizarre characters (Quadratino, Kikì parrot of Kili, Pierino and the puppet, Lillo and Lalla, etc.). He wrote and illustrated numerous volumes, including: Verses and drawings (1911); Viperetta (1919); Tic and tac (1919), The frottolie (1929); Almost True Fairy Tales (1936).
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