Aldo DeAmicis

Aldo DeAmicis: un disegnatore del quale si sa poco o niente.

He was born in Rome in 1903 and after graduating in accounting he found a job with the ATAC (Rome transport company). He also engaged full time in professional graphic design, working for the weekly magazine, Il Vittorioso, a historical comics magazine of the Catholic Action. He alternated his illustrations with those of other important artists like Caesar, Caprioli, Craveri, Cossio, Paparella, Canale. In the 1940s together with a long list of painters, Quaranta entered the world of cartoons, designing some manifestos such as Campo de’ Fiori, La valle della solitudine, Il grande circo, Una madre ritorna, L’angelo azzurro, Fiamme a San Francisco, Carovana verso il Sud, L’amore è una cosa meravigliosa, Fanfan la Tulipe, Appuntamento a Ischia, Rocce insanguinate, La gloriosa avventura and Destino sull’asfalto. After moving to France for a long period, he returned to Rome where he passed away in 1978.

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