Aldo Mazza<\/b> (Milan 1880 – Gavirate, Varese 1964) <\/span>Painter, advertiser, and illustrator.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Mazza attended Brera Academy where he studied under Cesare Tallone. He lived in a garret where he drew and worked.<\/span><\/p>\n He is still best known for his skill as an illustrator, especially for children’s books and as a caricaturist. He made the satirical drawings for <\/span>La partenza del crociato<\/span><\/i>. [Departure of the Crusader].\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n His caricatures and satirical cartoons appeared in the <\/span>Guerin Meschino<\/span><\/i> satirical magazine for more than twenty years. Connected to the Frigidarium group of cartoonists, he illustrated politicians’ ineptitude, class struggles, the excesses of sport, and the vanity of women.<\/span><\/p>\n In 1914, Mazza took part in the Great Italian Exhibition of Caricature and Humor. The event was organized by the newspaper <\/span>Il Numero<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n As a painter at the 1906 Venice Biennale, he exhibited his painting <\/span>Del Vespero<\/span><\/i>. In 1924, he took part in the <\/span>Exhibition of Contemporary Female Portraits<\/span><\/i> at the Villa Reale in Monza.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In 1935, he held a solo show at Galleria Pesaro in Milan.<\/span><\/p>\n He created some sixty posters with advertising or political subjects. These included the famous calendar for the Cooperative Union of Milan in 1917 and many theater bills and postcards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" He created some sixty posters with advertising or political subjects. These included the famous calendar for the Cooperative Union of Milan in 1917 and many theater bills and postcards.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":118599,"parent":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[6509],"class_list":["post-118598","artisti","type-artisti","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tags-m"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nStudies<\/b><\/h2>\n
Work as an illustrator\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n
Caricatures in Guerin Meschino<\/b><\/h2>\n
Aldo Mazza’s exhibitions and shows<\/b><\/h2>\n