Ugo Matania

'''Ugo Matania''' (1888{{Ndash}}1979) was an Italian artist and illustrator active in Britain during the [[First World War]], particularly noted for his works for ''[[The Sphere (newspaper)|The Sphere]]'' and ''[[The London Magazine#1898–1933|The London Magazine]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abbottandholder.co.uk/matania-ww1/|title=FORTUNINO MATANIA R.I. (1881-1963) GREAT WAR ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE SPHERE 1915-1920|access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref> Three of his oil paintings and one of his watercolours are in the [[Wellcome Collection]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wellcomecollection.org/search/works?contributors.agent.label=%22Matania%2C+Ugo%2C+1888-1979%22|title=Search - Ugo Matania|work=Wellcome Collection|access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref>

==Life== He was born in [[Naples]], the nephew of [[Eduardo Matania]] and the first cousin of [[Fortunino Matania]], both also artists.<ref>{{in lang|it}} G. Salvatori, 'Fortunino e Ugo Matania', in Mariantonietta Picone Petrusa (ed.), ''In Margine. Artisti Napoletani fra Tradizione e Opposizione 1909–1923'' (Milan, 1986)</ref> In 1911 he received a degree in Advertising Diagram and Design<ref name="Liss">{{cite web|url=https://lissllewellyn.com/artists/ugo-matania/|title=ARTIST - Matania, Ugo 1888 – 1979|work=Liss Llewellyn|access-date=29 November 2023|archive-date=8 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208150832/https://lissllewellyn.com/artists/ugo-matania/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and two years later moved to London, remaining there until 1924.<ref name="Liss"></ref>

On his return to Italy he worked for ''[[Corriere della Sera]]'' and their fortnightly magazine ''[[Il Romanzo per Tutti]]''.<ref name="Liss"></ref> He was still exhibiting in 1948<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/woman-ugo-matania/bgFOHTwNEr9GZg?hl=en|title=Woman, Ugo Matania|work=Google Arts & Culture|access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref> and also produced marble stations of the cross for the [[church of Maria Santissima del Carmine, Castellammare di Stabia|church of Maria Santissima del Carmine]] in [[Castellammare di Stabia]].<ref>{{in lang|it}} {{cite web|url=http://www.comune.castellammare-di-stabia.napoli.it/cultura-e-turismo/chiesa-di-maria-santissima-del-carmine/index-60.aspx|title=Storia e descrizione della chiesa di Maria Santissima del Carmine|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121218202353/http://www.comune.castellammare-di-stabia.napoli.it/cultura-e-turismo/chiesa-di-maria-santissima-del-carmine/index-60.aspx|archive-date=18 December 2012}}</ref>

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