Adolfo de Carolis, “International Exposition of Industries- Turin, Poster, 1911

Adolfo de Carolis was an Italian painter, wood-cut printer, illustrator and photographer. In 1888, after finishing primary school , he was sent to study at the Accademaia di Belle Arti di Bologna from which he graduated in 1892. His first professional work was a collaborative restoration of the Borgia Apartments in the Apostolic Palace.

In 1899, de Carolis participated int eh 3rd exposition held by the Venice Biennale. He received a commission the following year to design a bronze tabernacle for the baptismal font at the Ajaccio Cathedral. After 1902, Adolfo de Carolis concentrated on creating illustrations for artistic and literary publications for books by Carducci, Pascoli and D’Annunzio.

Adolfo de Carolis’s Turin Interanational poster was designed in 1911 to celebrate this world fair which focused on industry and labor. The fair opened on the 29th of April and covered an area of 247 acres. Over four million visitors attended the pavilions of over thirty countries.