Italian Art Nouveau Period Poster by Aleardo Terzi, 1905

Aleardo Terzi was born into a good family. His father, Andrea was an important illustrator and his mother, Rose Engel was born in a family close to the library factory. His brother Amedeo became a drawer and collaborated with Aleardo in some periods of his career. Terzi attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Palermo and then started working with La Tribuna Illustrata as an illustrator. During this period, he started to refine his graphic style, where appeared for the first time the feminine figure. In 1898, he moved to Milan, invited by his friend Mataloni, and began working at Officine Ricordi, where he met the most important advertising poster designers such as Adolfo Hohenstein and Marcello Dudovich. In 1904, he was nominated as a director and drawer at Danesi, Rome. Since 1911, he began the important collaboration with the publisher Edoardo Chappuis (Boulogne). During this period, he also decorated majolicas for Richard Ginori and realized scenographies and costumes for the Theatre.