Ugo Matania (1888–1963) was an Italian artist and illustrator active in Britain during the First World War, particularly noted for his works for The Sphere and The London Magazine.[1] Three of his oil paintings and one of his watercolours are in the Wellcome Collectionin London.[2]
Life
editHe was born in Naples, the nephew of Eduardo Matania and the first cousin of Fortunino Matania, both also artists.[3] In 1911 he received a degree in Advertising Diagram and Design[4] and two years later moved to London, remaining there until 1924.[4]
On his return to Italy he worked for Corriere della Sera and their fortnightly magazine Il Romanzo per Tutti.[4] He was still exhibiting in 1948[5] and also produced marble stations of the cross for the church of Maria Santissima del Carmine in Castellammare di Stabia.[6]
References
edit- ^ "FORTUNINO MATANIA R.I. (1881-1963) GREAT WAR ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE SPHERE 1915-1920". Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Search - Ugo Matania". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ (in Italian) G. Salvatori, 'Fortunino e Ugo Matania', in Mariantonietta Picone Petrusa (ed.), In Margine. Artisti Napoletani fra Tradizione e Opposizione 1909–1923 (Milan, 1986)
- ^ a b c "ARTIST - Matania, Ugo 1888 – 1979". Liss Llewellyn. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Woman, Ugo Matania". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ (in Italian) "Storia e descrizione della chiesa di Maria Santissima del Carmine". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2021.