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Infant prodigy

... Infant prodigy Here for the last 19 years. 69-year-old Chevalier Fortunino Matania. one-time infant prodigy. has painted those delicate, exact and beautiful historical studies which have graced the pages magazines and the walls of the Academy He grew ...

Published: Thursday 06 April 1950
Newspaper: Hampstead News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

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... personnel has done Charing Cross-road n filmg other day to the one-man collection of the veteran Italian illustrator Fortunino Matania It is a remarkable achievement by an artist who created his own distinctive style I suppose he may be described as the ...

Published: Friday 08 September 1950
Newspaper: Nottingham Guardian
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 4245 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE ANOINTING OF KING GEORGE VI. AT HIS CORONATION

... CHAIR HAS BEEN USED AT EVERY CORONATION SINCE THAT OF EDWARD 11., SAVE THAT OF MARY I. AND MARY 11. From the painting by Fortunino Matania. R. 1., reproduced from The Illustrated London News May 15, 1937. ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1951
Newspaper: Illustrated London News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 60 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

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Published: Friday 13 April 1951
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 992 | Page: 58 | Tags: none

YOUNG TORIES TOLD SPINELESS `Reds unchallenged'

... lost the money in gambling. A caravan in the green fields of Worcestershire becomes the studio of 69-year-old artist Fortunino Matania. He is seen painting a portrait of Mrs. Harry Beckett, a Broms- grove house Wife. Church merger protest Nearly 4,000 ...

Published: Saturday 07 July 1951
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 596 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AN ARTIST WITH AN INSPIRATION

... a well-known Italian artist and illustrator said last night, had been the inspiration of his life. And of them all, Fortunino Matania named only _one, a Midland housewife. Spending the last few days of a two-months' holiday which has taken him back to ...

Published: Saturday 07 July 1951
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 579 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

•ad THE TREMENDOUS STORY OF QUO VADIS IN EVERYBODY'S

... authentic in its tumultuous details. has been specially serialised for EVERYBODY'S and magnificently illustrated by Fortunino Matania, R.I. Read today's brilliant instalment. There is sure to be a big demand. When you buy your copy place a regular order ...

Published: Monday 21 January 1952
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 501 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

QUO VADIS IN EVERYBODYS

... startling but authentic in its imultuous details, has been specially serialised EVERYBODY’S and magnificently illustrated Fortunino Matania, R.l. Read today’s brilliant italment. There is sure to be a big demand. When you buy your copy place a regular order ...

Published: Monday 21 January 1952
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 132 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

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... startling but authentic in its tumultuous details, has been specially serialised EVERYBODY'S and magnificently illustrated Fortunino Matania, R.I. Read today's brilliant instalment There is sure to be a big demand. When you buy your copy place a regular order ...

Published: Monday 21 January 1952
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 75 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

From the FIRST WORLD WAR to the DAYS of BETROTHAL and MARRIAGE

... Westminster Abbey on April 26, 1923. As ever, The Sphere was an inde fatigable recorder of great events. Our special artist, Fortunino Matania, sketched in detail the brilliant scene within Westminster Abbey as the Archbishop of Canterbury pronounced the Benediction ...

Published: Saturday 16 February 1952
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4193 | Page: 30 | Tags: Photographs 

IN GOOD QUEEN MARY'S DAYS: A Six-page Section Showing Aspects of Her Public Life as Recorded by Special Sphere ..

... drawings made specially for the occasions by SPHERE artists, most notable among them being Fortunino Matania and Eduardo Matania. On behalf of The Sphere Fortunino Matania travelled far and wide recording his vivid impressions. The greater part of his finest ...

Published: Saturday 04 April 1953
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 587 | Page: 39 | Tags: Illustrations