Ugo Matania Explained

Ugo Matania (18881963) was an Italian artist and illustrator active in Britain during the First World War, particularly noted for his works for The Sphere and The London Magazine.^[1] Three of his oil paintings and one of his watercolours are in the Wellcome Collectionin London.^[2]

Life

He was born in Naples, the nephew of Eduardo Matania and the first cousin of Fortunino Matania, both also artists.^[3] In 1911 he received a degree in Advertising Diagram and Design^[4] and two years later moved to London, remaining there until 1924.

On his return to Italy he worked for Corriere della Sera and their fortnightly magazine Il Romanzo per Tutti. He was still exhibiting in 1948^[5] and also produced marble stations of the cross for the church of Maria Santissima del Carmine in Castellammare di Stabia.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: FORTUNINO MATANIA R.I. (1881-1963) GREAT WAR ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE SPHERE 1915-1920. 29 November 2023.
2. Web site: Search - Ugo Matania. Wellcome Collection. 29 November 2023.
3. G. Salvatori, 'Fortunino e Ugo Matania', in Mariantonietta Picone Petrusa (ed.), In Margine. Artisti Napoletani fra Tradizione e Opposizione 1909–1923 (Milan, 1986)
4. Web site: ARTIST - Matania, Ugo 1888 – 1979. Liss Llewellyn. 29 November 2023.
5. Web site: Woman, Ugo Matania. Google Arts & Culture. 29 November 2023.
6. Web site: Storia e descrizione della chiesa di Maria Santissima del Carmine. 7 May 2021. https://archive.today/20121218202353/http://www.comune.castellammare-di-stabia.napoli.it/cultura-e-turismo/chiesa-di-maria-santissima-del-carmine/index-60.aspx. 18 December 2012.