# Ferenc Pinter

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{{short description|Italian painter and illustrator (1931-2008)}}
'''Ferenc Pinter''' (31 October 1931 – 28 February 2008) was an Italian painter and illustrator.

==Biography==
Pinter was born at [Alassio](/source/Alassio), [Liguria](/source/Liguria), to Hungarian father and Italian mother. His name was spelled ''Pintér Ferenc'' in Hungarian and  pronounced {{IPAc-hu|'|p|i|n|t|é|r|-|'|f|e|r|e|n|c|}}: he signed most of his works with the [Hungarian name order](/source/Hungarian_names); however in Italy he was known as ''Ferenc Pintér'' with the accent over the second ''e'' often dropped to avoid confusion. In 1940 his family moved to [Budapest](/source/Budapest) where his father received health treatments. Orphaned, Pinter tried to enter the [Academy of Fine Arts](/source/Academy_of_Fine_Arts) in Budapest, but he was not admitted for his divergence with the communist ideas of the time. After the [1956 Hungarian Revolution](/source/1956_Hungarian_Revolution), he fled to Italy. There, in [Milan](/source/Milan), he was commissioned for a series of advertisement illustrations and posters until, in 1960, he entered [the Mondadori](/source/Arnoldo_Mondadori_Editore) publisher with which he collaborated for 32 years.

Pinter realized numerous covers for Mondadori books and magazines, such as ''[Segretissimo](/source/Segretissimo)'' (a spy stories series, 14 covers), as well as [Maigret](/source/Maigret) and [Agatha Christie](/source/Agatha_Christie) translations and for [Oscar Mondadori](/source/Oscar_Mondadori) (the most sold Italian pocket series). His favoured technique was [tempera](/source/tempera).

In 1989 he painted the 22 Tarot Triumphs published by Lo Scarabeo of [Turin](/source/Turin), with a foreword by art historian [Federico Zeri](/source/Federico_Zeri), followed by 56 [Minor Arcana](/source/Minor_Arcana) (2000–2002) from the same publisher.

==External links==
*[http://www.ferencpinter.it/ Official website] {{in lang|it}}

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Category:1931 births
Category:2008 deaths
Category:People from the Province of Savona
Category:20th-century Italian painters
Category:Italian male painters
Category:21st-century Italian painters
Category:Italian illustrators
Category:Italian people of Hungarian descent
Category:20th-century Italian male artists
Category:21st-century Italian male artists

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