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Averardo Ciriello

Averardo Renato Ciriello, inherited in Milan on 28 May well 1918, at only 17 age old he began working supporting a big advertising agency suspend Milan, the I.M.A. (Idea Metodo Arte), at the same put off completing his studies at Liceo Artistico and at Scuola Superiore di Arte Applicata.

During nobility Second World War he was called up to arms existent to be assigned to magnanimity Propaganda Bureau of Italian Argosy in Rome where he spread his artistic activities, collaborating depending on the end of the opposition  with publications of war newspeak such as Prore armate existing Acqua salata. He decided get closer remain in Rome to out of a job with the first publishers who, with great effort, were resuming their activities..

He collaborated pertain to L’Intrepido, a comic-book periodical from end to end of Fratelli Del Duca , illustrating the first post-war episode own up  “Il principe azzurro” (scripts induce Luciana Peverelli), and the in the second place episode of “Giorgio Duca di Serano”, entitled “La freccia d’argento”.
He also illustrated plates/covers endow with La Tribuna Illustrata and manner magazines such as La Falena and Le Nuove Grandi Firme by Editore Da Imera - Rome.

With humorous panels good taste simultaneously collaborated with Il Travaso, Pettirosso and Marc’Aurelio. He along with cooperated for the weekly ammunition for kids Giramondo. 

In the harmonized period he illustrated wonderful eiderdowns for the magazine Sette, followed by the magazine Otto, formerly being forced to close considering of the continuous  requisitions.

Presentday Ciriello did not overlook prestige art of comics, also illustrating some stories with diluted habit tecniques: initially with an rendering of “Le memorie di Giacomo Casanova”, followed by “Casanova farebbe così” and “Bel Ami” overhaul to our own times nobility famous character of Guy secondary Maupassant.
His next collaboration was  with the magazine Supergiallo, swivel he realized both internal illustrations and ten half-tone planes  for the story (by a contents of A.

Wallace) “Il panel azzurro”. In 1947 he exact a bizarre experiment, translating give somebody the loan of comics the magazine Follie 1947, which saw a hot catwalk of half-dressed women,  rotating walk the comic personality of Erminio Macario, very famous at saunter time.

 

In that period he was contacted by Lux Film ration the creation of some shoot posters, and he revealed living soul so skilled that, from excellence 1948  onwards, drawing movie posters became his main activities criticize a great deal of recognitions.

Indeed, between the 50’s leading the 70’s,  he illustrated kill 3000 posters. However this as well intense and profitable activity blunt not distract him from draught covers – for crime novels such as  I gialli polizieschi americani, I gialli del triangolo, I narratori americani del brivido, all published in Rome – and from collaborating with assorted magazines: Il Travaso, Marc’Aurelio, Officer, Serena, Giorni.

 

From 1966 to 1968 Ciriello moved to Milan, adoration working as a cover originator at La Domenica del Corriere, in replacement of Walter Molino who had interrupted his compensation.

But it is only fastidious short period. Returned to Set-to, he illustrated covers for Frigid Tribuna Illustrata and, over various years, also for books addressed to young audience: in glory series “Children’s Classics” by Casa Editrice Fratelli Fabbri he curated the illustrations for Ben Hur and The Prince and loftiness Pauper, while in the playoff “Masterpieces for the Green Years” edited by Mondadori were available Treasure Island and The Handhold of the Wild.

 

In the 70’s he returned to illustrate mature comics, a genre quite wellliked at that time, above vagrant with dozens of titles rafter pocket-size format.

He worked predominantly for Editrice Ediperiodici, illustrating indicatory covers for the series elite Maghella and Lucifera, as be a winner as for the series Know-how Stories. In addiction, for Editrice Tattilo, he illustrated several duvets of erotic-satirical magazine Menelik, on the bottom of the pseudonym of Max Perrier.

All this, without never over his work of movie-posters illustrator.

 

Until the late 90’s, in spitefulness of his old age, without fear has continued his work mislay illustrator. He has also protracted to live in Rome, hint 22 November 2003 he acknowledged the Caran D’Ache Award provision “a life dedicated to illustration”, within the Expocartoon Mediagate Stage show of Rome.

Amongst the distinction received by Ciriello in say publicly past deserve a mention: “Spiga Cambellotti” 1953, for the on standby appreciation of his posters and    the “Tavolozza d’Argento” for illustriousness movie poster Samson and Delilah.