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From the preface by Lorenzo Mattotti for Notes on the landscape, Edizioni Tricromia 2008 Rome
Lorenzo Mattotti , one of the most important Italian illustrators and cartoonists. He made his debut in the late seventies as a comic book author, and in the early eighties he founded, with other designers, the Valvoline Group. In 1984 he made Fuochi which, welcomed as an event in the world of comics, has won important international awards. With Accidents , Mr. Spartacus , Doctor Nefasto , The Man at the Window and many other illustrated books, up to Stigmata , Mattotti’s work has evolved according to a constant of great coherence, but in the eclectic sign of those who always choose to try themselves in the new.
Lorenzo Mattotti’s books are translated all over the world. He has published illustrations and covers in newspapers and magazines such as “The New Yorker”, “Le Monde”, “Das Magazin”, “Nouvel Observateur”, “Corriere della Sera”, “Repubblica” and “Vanity Fair”. For his childhood he illustrated various books including Pinocchio and Eugenio who won, in 1993, the Bratislava Grand Prix, one of the highest awards in children’s publishing. .
