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Aldo Cosomati

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Reference number
1996/4826
Name
Aldo Cosomati
Collection
Object type
  • Person
Completeness
36%
  • Biography

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    Biography
    Born in Italy, he settled in London at the end of the First World War. He lived in Zurich for five years where he studied drawing, printing, bookbinding, and furniture design.

    He specialised in commercial art and was introduced to Harold Curwen by Tichard Temple. He continued to work for the Curwen Press until 1970.
    Education
    Zurich,
    Employment
    Designed posters for the Underground Group, 1922-1928
    Role
    Artist,