Domenico Gnoli (painter)
Domenico Gnoli (3 May 1933 - 17 April 1970) was an Italian painter and stage designer, born in Rome. He studied stage design at the Accademia di Belle Arti, and began a short stint designing stages, for which he was well received. Following this, he spent the better part of his life in New York City, working for magazines such as Sports Illustrated, and Fortune, where he found favour with art director Leo Lionni. He is known most for his work "Orestes or The Art of Smiling".
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| Born | 3 May 1933 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 17 April 1970 (aged 36) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Painting Stage design |
He made a series of surrealist drawings, one of which - depicting a fish in a snail's house on a couch [1]- is often confused with Edward Gorey's work.[2]
References
Sources
- artnet.com: Resource Library: Gnoli, Domenico (ii) artnet.com, (reproduced from The Grove Dictionary of Art (Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2000.) (Retrieved 2 March 2011.)
- ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research) J. Paul Getty Trust. (Retrieved 2 March 2011.)
- Domenico Gnoli, the Alphabet of Illustrators Chris Mullen. (Retrieved 2 March 2011.) (Retrieved 2 March 2011.)
External links
- Domenico Gnoli at Library of Congress Authorities, with 19 catalogue records – as of 2016-06-22 not including the picture book that is Gnoli's work most widely held in WorldCat libraries (below)
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