Ferenc Pinter (31 October 1931 – 28 February 2008) was an Italian painter and illustrator.

Biography

Pinter was born at

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, to Hungarian father and Italian mother. His name was spelled ''Pintér Ferenc'' in Hungarian and pronounced : he signed most of his works with the Hungarian name order; however in Italy he was known as ''Ferenc Pintér'' with the accent over the second ''e'' often dropped to avoid confusion. In 1940 his family moved to

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where his father received health treatments. Orphaned, Pinter tried to enter the

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in Budapest, but he was not admitted for his divergence with the communist ideas of the time. After the

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, he fled to Italy. There, in

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, he was commissioned for a series of advertisement illustrations and posters until, in 1960, he entered the Mondadori publisher with which he collaborated for 32 years. Pinter realized numerous covers for Mondadori books and magazines, such as '' Segretissimo'' (a spy stories series, 14 covers), as well as

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and

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translations and for

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(the most sold Italian pocket series). His favoured technique was

tempera Tempera (), also known as egg tempera, is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk. ''Tempera'' also refers to the paintings done in ...

. In 1989 he painted the 22 Tarot Triumphs published by Lo Scarabeo of

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, with a foreword by art historian

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, followed by 56

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(2000–2002) from the same publisher.

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinter, Ferenc 1931 births 2008 deaths People from the Province of Savona 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 21st-century Italian painters Italian illustrators Italian people of Hungarian descent 20th-century Italian male artists 21st-century Italian male artists