Filiberto Scarpelli (29 June 1870 –20 August 1933) was an Italian cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist.

Life and career

Born in Naples, the brother of the illustrator Tancredi, Scarpelli graduated from the

Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli The Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli (Naples Academy of Fine Arts) is a university-level art school in Naples. In the past it has been known as the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti and the Reale Accademia di Belle Arti. Founded by King Charles VII ...

.Francesca Tancini (2018).
Scarpelli, Filiberto
. '' Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'', Vol. 91 (in Italian). Rome:

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. He then moved to Rome, where he started his professional career in the magazine ''Orazio Coccola''. After collaborating with '' L'Asino'', working as a journalist for the newspaper ''Corriere d’Italia'' and illustrating several textbooks, in 1900 he co-founded the satirical magazine '' Il Travaso delle idee'', also serving as its editor between 1925 and 1928. In 1916 he and Enrico Sacchetti held an exhibition titled ''Italian artists and the war'' at the exhibition, Leicester Galleries in London. Scarpelli was a close collaborator of

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in his ''

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'', and his collaborations also include '' Corriere dei Piccoli,

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, ,

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''. He also illustrated postcards, sheet music covers, film posters, and was a children book author and a novelist. Initially a member of

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movement, Scarpelli later joined the

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. He was close to fascism, collaborating with Mussolini's newspaper '' Il Popolo d'Italia'' between 1915 and 1919 as well as with other fascist publications, and illustrating the National Fascist Party election poster in 1924. He died in 1933, killed by a drunken innkeeper with whom he had incurred debts. He was the father of the screnwriter Furio, the film director Manlio and the cinematographer Marco Scarpelli.

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Filiberto Scarpelli
at ''MuseoStorico.it'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarpelli, Filiberto 1870 births 1933 deaths Artists from Naples Italian illustrators Italian comics artists Italian comics writers Italian novelists Italian children's book illustrators Italian children's writers Futurist artists Scapigliatura Movement Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni People murdered in Lazio