Achille Lucien Mauzan
( Gap, 15
ottobre 1883 – Gap, 15 gennaio 1952 )
was born on the French Riviera, but moved to Italy in
1905, known as a decorative illustrator designing during the Art
Deco movement,
though he also painted and sculpted.
After a period of study in the “École
des Beaux-Arts” at Lyon,
France, Mauzan divided his life between Milan, Paris
and Buenos Aires.
Between the years 1920 and 1940, the period between the wars, he
used forms and materials under the influence of the avant-garde
cubists. He was also an illustrator of posters and postcards.
During
his career as a poster printer and designer, Mauzan designed
over 2,000 posters, using a style marked by humor and brilliant
colors for advertisement and events and over 1,000
postcard
images. He made several important posters for the Italian film
industry in Turin, and then went to work at Ricordi music
publishing from 1912 to 1917. Later, from 1919 to 1923 he works
in the Magical press (Giovanni Magagnoli). In 1924 in Milan he
establishes with Morzenti his own publishing house, the
Mauzan-Morzenti Agency. In 1926 he travels to Argentina and sets
up the “Affiches Mauzan” (Mauzan Posters) publishing house where
many of his greatest works were created and where he worked
until 1932. Within those years, Gino Boccasile, one of his
students in Milan, travels to Argentina at he's insistence and
sets up studio. Mauzan is also noted for designing several war
posters including an adaptation of the famous Lord Kitchener
poster.
Works:
Posters
from Wikipedia