''Beauty and the Bullfighter'', 1954 - art by Paolo Tarquini
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''Beauty and the Bullfighter'', 1954 - art by Paolo Tarquini
Artist
Movie World Posters
Medium
Mixed Media - Vintage Movie Poster
Description
A vintage Italian movie poster of ''Beauty and the Bullfighter'', a 1954 drama film set in Spain. The story revolves around Ricardo, a dashing matador portrayed by Daniel Gélin. After a fellow bullfighter is tragically killed in the ring, Ricardo decides to retire. However, his decision to step away from bullfighting leads to unexpected personal consequences.
Ricardo's mistress, Marilena, a movie actress played by Zsa Zsa Gabor, leaves him following his retirement. The film then explores the complexities of Ricardo's life post-retirement, as he faces challenges and persecution, particularly from a journalist named Riera, played by Arnoldo Foa.
The movie was directed by Georges Rouquier and Ricardo Muñoz Suay and has a screenplay written by Michel Audiard, Maurice Barry, and Luis García Berlanga. It is based on a novel by Joseph Peyré. The film is a co-production between Spain and France, involving companies like Cité Films, Cocinor, and Arcadia Films. The genre of the film is categorized as drama, specifically focusing on the theme of bullfighting.
About the artist:
The style of Paolo Tarquini’s movie poster seems to be that of a post-impressionist painter: the great freedom in the use of color is evident. The choice of tones is always original, the touches of color vibrant, almost as if light and color were something mobile, iridescent, transformative. Even the textiles of the clothes of the characters seem to take shape and movement through the iridescent combinations of color.
The backgrounds of this designer seem to be fluid and mutating. Everything in Tarquini's posters tells a story about transformation, fluidity, and fantasy. He absorbs the most magical quality of cinema art: that of giving movement to static images, creating a surreal world of escape from reality.
Paolo Tarquini (1918 - 2011) was born in Rome on April 17th, 1918, to father Sabatino, an Italian sculpturist.
Tarquini was strongly influenced by his father's classic and figurative sculptures as a child. At age fifteen, this early introduction to the art world led him to enroll in the Decorative Arts School of Via San Giacomo.
But after the Second World War began, he enlisted and was sent to France, then Albania. In October 1940, he was stationed in Greece during the Italian invasion. Following this, he became a war correspondent and illustrator for various newspapers in Italy. He was taken prisoner by the Germans but later released after they recognized his talent as an illustrator. After the war, he returned home to face its devastating wake.
Tarquini was eventually offered his first job as an artist for film distributors, designing posters and playbills. The Tarzan films starring American actors Johnny Weismuller and Buster Crabbe were among his earlier commissions. He continued working on the film series until 1964.
In 1965, he became the assistant set designer for Il tormento e l'estasi, working under director Carol Reed.
Once he stopped creating movie posters, he moved on to oil paintings later in his career, which he sold in his brother's art gallery in Rome.
Search "Tarquini" to see his other posters.
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January 23rd, 2022
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