11 Facts About Achille Beltrame

Achille Beltrame, was an Italian painter, illustrator and commercial artist.

Achille Beltrame's name is indissolubly tied to the weekly La Domenica del Corriere, the covers of which he drew from the beginning weeks of the twentieth century to the closing weeks of World War II.

Achille Beltrame was succeeded in this position by his disciple Walter Molino.

Achille Beltrame was born in Arzignano, near Vicenza, Italy, on 19 March 1871 to Giovanni Battista and Teresa Brusarosco.

Achille Beltrame painted large canvases with historical subjects, and completed a few more intimate works, such as portraits of his sisters and of his fiancee Giovanna Cocitto, whom he had met a few years earlier.

Thanks to his friendship with Magno Magni a businessman from Como, Achille Beltrame received important commissions both as a painter and as a graphic designer specializing in brand logos and posters.

Achille Beltrame drew the covers of La Domenica del Corriere for the next 45 years.

From La Domenicas first issue in 1899 until he retired in 1944, Achille Beltrame turned out 4,652 front and rear covers.

Achille Beltrame married his fiancee Giannina on 11 October 1907 and lived with her on via Milazzo 12 before moving to via Legnano 28 in 1910.

Achille Beltrame continued to paint, inspired by the Pavia countryside, and to work as an illustrator for La Domenica del Corriere, until his last plate appearing on 26 November 1944.

Achille Beltrame died in Milan on February 19,1945, covered with honors.