Davide Paolo Dellepiane, known as David Dellepiane (16 October 1866,

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- 25 June 1932,

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) was a French painter,

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

and

poster artist ''Affichiste'' is the French word for a poster artist or poster designer, a graphic designer of posters. Etymology The name first appeared around 1780, but with a different meaning. It meant one involved in a poster's production and distributi ...

of Italian origin.

Biography

He moved to France with his family in 1875. His father, Vittorio, a supporter of

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, was apparently compelled to leave for political reasons. They initially settled in Saint-Jean, a district that was home to many Italian expatriates. Most of his relatives were craftspeople; his grandfather was a decorator, his grandmother, a gold embroiderer, and his father, a woodcarver who found employment with the French Navy.Françoise-Albane Beudon, ''David Dellepiane: peintre, affichiste, illustrateur'', Ed. Parenthèses, 1999
Online
/ref> In 1880, he entered the , where he studied with until 1885, followed by a brief stay in Genoa. After 1890, he lived in Paris, where he was influenced by the poster art of

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. Later, he worked under the direction of Jules Chéret, another well known poster artist, who taught him lithography. For a time, he also studied Japanese art. Upon returning to Marseille, he set up his first workshop along the canal, on a street that was home to many other artists, including

Alfred Casile Alfred Casile (1848–1909) was a French landscape and marine painter. Biography His mother was from an old, established Marseille family. His father was of Corsican origin and held a high position in the railroad company. He received his art ...

Valère Bernard Valère Bernard ( oc, Valèri Bernard; 10 February 1860 – 6 October 1936) was a Provençal painter, engraver, novelist and poet, writing in the Occitan language. He left an important body of graphic work, and his works continued to be publis ...

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, Joseph Garibaldi and

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His first success came with a poster created in 1899 for the 25th centenary of the founding of Marseille; representing the legend of Protis and Gyptis. In 1903, the newly formed Provençal Tourist Office (Syndicat d'Initiative de Provence) held a competition to design a poster, which Dellepiane wo

He worked regularly for the

Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée The Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée ("Railway Company of Paris to Lyon and the Mediterranean"), also known as the Chemins de fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée or simply PLM, established in 1857, was one of Fran ...

. He also designed posters for the and the . In 1925, he decorated the Grand Hôtel in

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. A street in the

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was named after him in 1937.Adrien Blés, ''Dictionnaire historique des rues de Marseille'', Éditions Jeanne Laffitte, 1989

Selected works

File:Dellepiane-essai.jpg,

Messageries Maritimes ''Messageries Maritimes'' was a French merchant shipping company. It was originally created in 1851 as ''Messageries nationales'', later called ''Messageries impériales'', and from 1871, ''Compagnie des messageries maritimes'', casually known as ...

(ship company) File:Partition Éclat de Rire.jpg, "Peal of Laughter"
(sheet music) File:Les rois mages David Dellepiane.jpg, The Three Wise Men (porcelain design) File:Dellepiane-chez-Brégaillon.jpg, The Port of Brégaillon ( Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, PLM (railway company) File:Dellepiane-exposition-internationale-d-electricite-marseille.jpg, The Electricity Fairy

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