Automobile Club de Milano 1909 - Vintage Auto Racing Poster

The Inauguration of the new car showroom

This wonderful Poster was created by Leopoldo Metlicovitz promoting the Automobile Club Di Milano and the Inauguration of the new car showroom, cycle and similar exhibition, 5-15 June 1909.

Leopoldo Metlicovitz was born in Trieste in 1868 to a family of Dalmatian origin, whose original surname was Metlicovich. He began working at a very young age for his father in the family firm that produces fine mechanical small parts. In 1882, employed as a lithographer at a printing shop in Udine, he was noticed by Giulio Ricordi, owner of the publishing house, who invited him to move to Milan.

He was a celebrated  painter, illustrator and was one of the founders of “Futurismo”, a twentieth century artistic movement. He developed an original approach to light and shadow and became one of Italy's greatest Poster artists creating some of the most famous designs that influenced design and art movements that developed in other, countries, particularly in Russia, France and USA. Futurismo explored every form of expression, from painting to sculpture, literature ( poetry and theatre) , music , architecture, dance, photography, film and even gastronomy. The official name of the movement came about by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

• The "Automobile Club de Milano,1909" Poster is a reproduction of a Vintage Italian Vintage Auto Racing Poster.
• This poster is digitally printed on high quality paper with vivid colour and exceptional detail.
• We use Australia Post and your print will be delivered in a postage tube for extra protection.
• Our online images are electronically watermarked, the actual purchased prints are not.

Dimensions:

• Available Poster sizes: A4 [210 × 297mm], A3 [297 × 420mm], A2 [420 × 594mm], A1 [594 × 841mm] and A0 [841 × 1189mm]
• Click here to for the Print Size Guide for details.