SERIES OVERVIEW:
This series attempts to showcase material by artists whose work might be described as 'decadent' in its style or subject matter.
It does not intend to give anything other than the briefest of biographical overviews (though references for such are given within each entry). It instead aims to present a short selection of illustrations which are either typical of the artists work or perhaps illustrate a text or theme that falls within the remit of the series.
We welcome suggestions or contributions to this ongoing series.
As far as I am aware, there are very few English language editions of works containing illustrations by this Italian printmaker and painter (b.1875-d.1954) The wikipedia link is here.
His early works were symbolist but upon discovering black china ink in the 1890s he largely abandoned painting and worked primarily in ink. During WW1 he drew a series of five grotesque postcards called 'Danza Macabre Europa' four of which are linked here.
Below is a small selection of the illustrations he did for the works of Edgar Allan Poe, which ultimately numbered over 100 images and took him four years (1905-09) to complete and are typical of his style.
He later returned to painting, and that work is of a more surrealistic nature.
It does not intend to give anything other than the briefest of biographical overviews (though references for such are given within each entry). It instead aims to present a short selection of illustrations which are either typical of the artists work or perhaps illustrate a text or theme that falls within the remit of the series.
We welcome suggestions or contributions to this ongoing series.
ALBERTO MARTINI
INTRODUCTION
His early works were symbolist but upon discovering black china ink in the 1890s he largely abandoned painting and worked primarily in ink. During WW1 he drew a series of five grotesque postcards called 'Danza Macabre Europa' four of which are linked here.
Below is a small selection of the illustrations he did for the works of Edgar Allan Poe, which ultimately numbered over 100 images and took him four years (1905-09) to complete and are typical of his style.
He later returned to painting, and that work is of a more surrealistic nature.
ALBERTO MARTINI ILLUSTRATIONS FOR
THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
(1905-1909)
THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
(1905-1909)
