Ricordi Portfolio
A stylish couple walking; green, purple, white
Marcello Dudovich, E & A Mele, circa 1914
Fierce man in shadows holds sword; brown, yellow
Giuseppe Palanti, Giovanni Frangipani, circa 1914

Ricordi Portfolio

Explore our world-leading vintage Ricordi Portfolio collection.

 

Published around World War I, the rare commemorative Ricordi Portfolio consisted of 70 small lithographic plates of Ricordi's greatest posters printed between 1895 and 1914. The set was sold commercially in Italy, England, Germany, France and the United States.

 

In the 1870s, Ricordi opened an in-house lithography shop to promote its operas and sheet music business. Ricordi quickly became the leading lithographer in Italy and by 1895 was creating posters for other clients such as Campari, the Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera, the Italian film industry and the Mele Department store of Naples.

 

The Ricordi Portfolio featured a brilliant stable of artists who emerged under the tutelage of Adolfo Hohenstein at Ricordi. Artists including Aleardo Villa, Marcello Dudovich, Leopoldo Metlicovitz, and Franz Laskoff brought Art Nouveau, known as Stile Liberty in Italy, to a world class level.

 

Much like the famous "Masters of the Poster" series created by Cheret in Paris, the Ricordi Portfolio celebrated the rise of the poster - which in Italy was almost single-handedly accomplished by Ricordi.

 

Shop our leading selection of Vintage Ricordi Portfolio prints created in 1914. 

Couple enjoys the warmth of the stove; green, pink, black
Leopoldo Metlicovitz, Superator, circa 1914
Mother Germania protects a military officer; orange, brown
Adolfo Hohenstein, Germania, circa 1914
Woman in red dress saves baby from advancing army; red, green, tan
Franz Laskoff, La Strage degli Innocenti, circa 1914

Ricordi Portfolio

Explore our world-leading vintage Ricordi Portfolio collection.

 

Published around World War I, the rare commemorative Ricordi Portfolio consisted of 70 small lithographic plates of Ricordi's greatest posters printed between 1895 and 1914. The set was sold commercially in Italy, England, Germany, France and the United States.

 

In the 1870s, Ricordi opened an in-house lithography shop to promote its operas and sheet music business. Ricordi quickly became the leading lithographer in Italy and by 1895 was creating posters for other clients such as Campari, the Milan newspaper Corriere della Sera, the Italian film industry and the Mele Department store of Naples.

 

The Ricordi Portfolio featured a brilliant stable of artists who emerged under the tutelage of Adolfo Hohenstein at Ricordi. Artists including Aleardo Villa, Marcello Dudovich, Leopoldo Metlicovitz, and Franz Laskoff brought Art Nouveau, known as Stile Liberty in Italy, to a world class level.

 

Much like the famous "Masters of the Poster" series created by Cheret in Paris, the Ricordi Portfolio celebrated the rise of the poster - which in Italy was almost single-handedly accomplished by Ricordi.

 

Shop our leading selection of Vintage Ricordi Portfolio prints created in 1914. 

*Header image derived from Leopoldo Metlicovitz's 1914 poster, E. & A. Mele & Ci. (boy at chalkboard).

*Header image derived from Leopoldo Metlicovitz's 1914 poster, E. & A. Mele & Ci. (boy at chalkboard).