Adelina Zandrino, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian painter (1893-1994)
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Place of Birth: Genoa, Liguria, Italy
About Adelina Zandrino
- Adelina Zandrino (19 September 1893 – 1994) was an Italian artist and illustrator.
- She was encouraged by the Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Femminile of 1913 to take up a career in the arts. In 1913, Zandrino went to Paris with her father, Francesco Maria Zandrino, a journalist and theatre critic.
- While there she met such figures as Auguste Rodin and Gabriele D'Annunzio, through her father.
- She produced illustrations for the manuscript of D'Annunzio's Canzone del Sangue.During the war, Zandrino carried out some propaganda illustration work.
- In 1917 she created a famous series of postcards, featuring illustrations of women.
- She continued with similar work during the 1920s and 1930s, also producing posters in the same Art Nouveau style; some of her work was in an erotic vein.
- Her posters included advertisements for tennis tournaments and sportswear.
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