Marcello Dudovich

Place: Trieste

Born: 1878

Death: 1962

Biography:

Marcello Dudovich was an Italian painter, illustrator, and poster designer. He was born in Trieste in 1878 and died in Milan in 1962. Together with Leonetto Cappiello, Adolfo Hohenstein, Giovanni Maria Mataloni and Leopoldo Metlicovitz he is considered one of the progenitors of Italian poster design. Dudovich is celebrated as one of Italy's greatest poster artists. He was inspired by Edward Penfield, by his friend and teacher Adolfo Hohenstein and by Alphonse Mucha. But ultimately his reputation comes from his having developed his own very distinctive and richly coloured style.