{{refimprove|date=November 2015}} thumb|200px|Title page from the 1902 edition '''Carlo Chiostri''' (5 May 1863, in Florence – 9 July 1939, in Florence) was a self-taught Italian painter and graphic artist, best known for being one of the earliest illustrators for the book version of ''The Adventures of Pinocchio''.
==Biography== He began working as an illustrator in the 1890s, primarily for the publishing houses of Adriano Salani Editore, {{ill|R. Bemporad & figlio|it}} and Casa Editrice Nerbini. His drawings for Pinocchio were done in pen and watercolor, then engraved on wood. His designs for ''Ciondolino'' (1896) by Vamba, were made into etchings which were then "restituiti all'eleganza e alla grazia dell'originale" (returned to the elegance and grace of the original).{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
He illustrated the works of many other well-known authors, including Luigi Capuana, Emma Perodi, Emilio Salgari and Alberto Cioci (1867–1925), who wrote a sequel to Pinocchio called ''Lucignolo, l'amico di Pinocchio'' (Candlewick, Pinocchio's Friend). He also created drawings for ''Les Misérables'' by Victor Hugo,<ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19242671-i-miserabili ''I Miserabili''] @ Goodreads.</ref> and the complete works of Tommaso Catani, a priest and friend of Carlo Collodi, who wrote children's books and elementary school readers. For many years, he was a contributor to ''Il giornalino della Domenica''. ''The Journey of a Lead Soldier'', written by Anna Franchi and published by Salani in 1901, met with considerable success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fondazionebadaracco.it/archivi/anna_franchi/franchi.htm|title=FONDAZIONE ELVIRA BADARACCO > ARCHIVI >[da inserire]|website=www.fondazionebadaracco.it|access-date=2020-03-01|archive-date=2020-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301013351/http://www.fondazionebadaracco.it/archivi/anna_franchi/franchi.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1910, he wrote ''Il falco e la colomba: melanconie d'un Gatto bigio'' (The Falcon and the Dove: Melancholy of a Gray Cat). Later, he designed postcards.
Federico Fellini had this to say about Pinocchio and Chiostri: :"I loved this story as a child, of course, very much, but I like it even today. I sat quite sunk dreaming about it, staring at the melancholy, ghostly shapes of Carlo Chiostri. They underlined also the sad side of this book, its taste of the bad dream, that fever sick trembling."<!-- Note: this is a double translation, from Italian to German to English. Improvements are welcome. --><ref>Gina Kehayoff and Christoph Stölzl, ''Topor, Tod und Teufel'' (exhibition catalog), Munich Stadtmuseum (1985)</ref>
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==Further reading== * Antonio Faeti, ''Guardare le figure. Gli illustratori italiani dei libri per l'infanzia'', Donzelli, 2011 {{ISBN|88-603-6667-4}} * Paolo Pallottino, ''C'era una volta un mago. Carlo Chiostri'', Volume 6 of ''Cento anni di illustratori'', Cappelli editore, 1979 * Valentino Baldacci, Andrea Rauch, ''Pinocchio e la sua immagine'', Giunti-Marzocco, 2006 {{ISBN|88-09-05019-3}}
==External links== {{commonscat|Carlo Chiostri}} *[http://www.culturaitalia.it/opencms/viewItem.jsp?language=it&case=&id=oai%3Apolomuseale.firenze.it%3A1890%3A9656 Carlo Chiostri, self-portrait] @ Cultura Italia *[http://www.delcampe.net/items?language=E&searchString=Carlo+Chiostri&cat=0&searchOptionForm%5BsearchMode%5D=extended&searchOptionForm%5BtermsToExclude%5D=&searchOptionForm%5BsearchTldCountry%5D=net&searchOptionForm%5BsearchInDescription%5D=N&searchOptionForm%5BsearchTranslate%5D=N Postcards and related items by Chiostri] @ Delcampe. *[http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/it/private/chiostri_carlo/opere/96832/0/?rvn=2 Arcadja Auctions: More works by Chiostri.] *[http://melusinamermaid.blogspot.com/2011/05/art-deco-mermaids-of-carlo-chiostri.html Melusina Mermaid (blog)] "The Art-Deco Mermaids of Carlo Chiostri" * {{LCAuth|n87855673|Carlo Chiostri|4|ue}}
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