Valenti Angelo

Valenti Angelo
Valenti Angelo
Born	June 23, 1897; Massarosa, Italy
Died	September 3, 1982 (aged 85); San Francisco, California
Occupation	printmaker, illustrator and author
Nationality	Italian-American
Notable works	Paradise Valley; The Rooster Club; The Bells of Bleecker Street; The Marble Fountain; Nino; Salome; The Scarlet Letter;
Notable awards	Newbery Honor for Nino in 1939

Valenti Angelo (1897-1982) (variant name Valenti Michael Angelo) was an Italian-American printmaker, illustrator and author, born June 23, 1897 in Massarosa, Italy. He immigrated to the United States, living first in New York City then settling in Antioch, California. At the age of nineteen, Angelo moved to San Francisco, working by day as a labourer and spending his evenings and weekends at libraries and museums. He soon became a versatile artist and an especially skilled engraver and printer. Angelo's favoured medium was the linocut, and his prints depicting urban nocturnes and desert scenes of the American Southwest are particularly coveted by collectors and dealers. In 1926, Angelo made his first book illustrations for the well-known, San Francisco-based Grabhorn Press.

In a period of 34 years, Angelo decorated and illustrated roughly 250 books. Among these were folio editions of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, and numerous books of the Bible. Many of these books have been included in the annual American Institute of Graphic Arts exhibitions since 1927. Under the tutelage of May Massee of Viking Press, Angelo began writing children's stories in 1937. In 1939, Angelo won the Newbery Honor for Nino. After a mid-life relocation to New York State, he returned to San Francisco in 1974 and continued his life's work. Angelo died in San Francisco on September 3, 1982.

Selected collections

Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
New York Public Library
Special Collections, Stony Brook University Libraries

Selected publications

Paradise Valley
The Rooster Club
The Bells of Bleecker Street
The Marble Fountain
Nino
Salome
The Scarlet Letter
1934 Limited Editions Club edition: Burton, Richard Francis, translator, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: The Complete Burton Translation with the Complete Burton Notes, the Terminal Index, and 1001 Decorations by Valenti Angelo, 3 Volumes (reprinted in 1962).
The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi, The translation of Thomas Okey, Published by Peter Pauper Press (c. 1944)

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References

Linden, James (ed.). Con Amore: Valenti Angelo: A Bibliography, 1971-1982. San Francisco: Linden Editions, 1992.
Valenti Angelo: Author, Illustrator, Printer. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1976.

External links

Autobiography
Askart.com (Valenti Michael Angelo)
Special Collections, Stony Brook University Libraries (Valenti Angelo collection)
International Fine Print Dealers Association (Valenti Angelo)
Example of books illustrated by Valenti Angelo
Valenti Angelo at Library of Congress Authorities, with 83 catalog records

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