Leopoldo Metlicovitz

Leopoldo Metlicovitz
Leopoldo Metlicovitz (right) with Giuseppe Verdi, Guiditta Ricordi and Giulio Ricordi. Villa Verdi, 1900.
Born(1868-07-17)17 July 1868
Trieste, Austria-Hungary
Died19 November 1944(1944-11-19) (aged 76)
Ponte Lambro, Italian Social Republic
Known forPoster art, graphic design
MovementArt Nouveau

Leopoldo Metlicovitz (17 July 1868 – 19 October 1944) was an Italian painter, illustrator and poster designer.

Together with Leonetto Cappiello, Adolf Hohenstein, Giovanni Maria Mataloni and Marcello Dudovich, he is considered one of the fathers of modern Italian poster art.

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