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August 27, 2021

33 Amazing Vintage Posters Designed by Marcello Dudovich

Born 1878 in Trieste, Italian painter, illustrator, and poster designer Marcello Dudovich relocated from Trieste to Milan in 1897 after attending a professional art school. In 1899, he transferred to Bologna, working here for the publisher Edmondo Chappuis, designing billboards, book covers and illustrations for publications such as Italia Ride in 1900 e Fantasio in 1902. Here he met Elisa Bucchi, his future wife.

Posters designed by Marcello Dudovich

In 1900, Dudovich won the “Gold Medal” at the Paris World Fair. He designed some of his well-known posters, including “Mele di Napoli” (Apples from Naples) and “Borsalino”. In the 1920s he made several posters for the Milan department store, La Rinascente, and in 1922 he was appointed artistic director of “Igap”.

In 1930, he designed a prominent poster for Pirelli. After the Second World War he moved away from the world of commercial art, concentrating instead on his painting.

Marcello Dudovich died in Milan from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1962. He is celebrated as one of Italy’s greatest poster artists. Here below is a set of amazing vintage posters designed by Marcello Dudovich in the early 20th century.

E. & A. Mele & Ci., Napoli, Novità Estive, circa 1900s

Federazione Italiana, Inchiostri da Scrivere, circa 1900s

Mele & Ci, Napoli, circa 1900s

"Rapid", Nuovi Inchiostri da Scrivere Sopraffini, circa 1900s

Bitter Campari, Milano, 1900

Città di Bologna, Feste di Primavera, 1900

Flli Sanguinetti, Milano, 1905

Liquore Strega, 1906

Mele & Ci, Napoli, 1906

Ars & Labor, Musica & Musicisti, 15 Agosto 1908

Héllera, 1909

Pirelli, 1919

[On the Beach], 1920

Campari, 1920

Capri Scala, Napoli, 1920

La Esposizione Nazionale Biennale d’Arte Città di Napoli, 1921

La Rinascente, Novità di Stagione Autunno-Inverno, 1922

Rimini, Stagione Balneare, 1922

Aurum Liquor, 1923

Crema Venus Bertelli, 1923

La Rinascente, 1923

Agfa Film, 1925

La Rinascente, 1925

La Rinascente. Vendita Speciale, Casalinghi e Arredamento Della Casa, 1925

La Rinascente, Fiera del Bianco, Vendita Speciale, 1926

La Rinascente, Novità di Stagione, Autunno Inverno, circa 1926

Olivetti, 1926

Vermouth Bianco, Martini & Rossi, Torino, circa 1926

Assicurazioni Generali, Venezia, 1928

Ercolano (Napoli), 1928

La Rinascente, Vendita Speciale, Casalinghi e Arredamento Della Casa, circa 1929

La Rinascente, Articoli da Viaggio, circa 1920s

La Rinascente, Novità di Stagione, Primavera-Estate, circa 1920s

1 comment:

  1. In 1930, he designed a prominent poster for Pirelli. After the Second World War he moved away from the world of commercial art, concentrating instead on his painting.

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