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Carmelo Filardi

Puerto Rican artist (1900–1989) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Carmelo Filardi
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Carmelo Filardi (1900–1989) was a Puerto Rican artist of Italian ancestry. He was a cartoonist who had his work published in Puerto Rico's El Mundo newspaper starting in 1927. He was from Yauco, Puerto Rico[4] and his parents were born in Italy.[1] Filardi specialized in satire and journalistic criticism. To do this, he used depictions of average daily life in Puerto Rico to illustrate his thoughts. He was a caricaturist and his work is included in University of Puerto Rico collections.[5]

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His first published cartoon in El Mundo was in 1927.[6] In 1947, he published a book called Un año de historia en caricaturas, which contained a selection of his works from 1946 to 1947.[7]

In 1971, he published a book called Una Época de historia en Caricaturas. The book contained a collection of his works from 1948-1963. Eliseo Combas Guerra, wrote the prologue, selected the cartoons and annotated the work for the book, which was published by Editorial Universitaria of the University of Puerto Rico.[8]

His cartoons which featured life and events about Puerto Rico include one when José Ferrer, a Puerto Rican actor won an Oscar.[9]

Filardi's works and cultural influences have been featured and discussed in numerous books, publications and national archives such as:

  • Women, Creole Identity, and Intellectual Life in Early Twentieth-century by Magali Roy Féquière[2]
  • Harry S. Truman library & museum[10]
  • Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies(Vol. 20, Issue 1)[11]
  • Así es la vida (That's Life) by "Joaquín" Jack Delano[12]
  • Medios y resistencia en la era muñocista: el periódico El Mundo y la caricatura de Filardi ante el proyecto histórico del Partido Popular Democrático, 1950-1960 by Rafael L. Cabrera Collazo[13]
  • Los dibujos del progreso: el mundo caricaturesco de Filardi y la crítica al desarrollismo muñocista 1950-1960 by Rafael L. Cabrera Collazo[14]
  • Recordando a Carmelo Filardi (Remembering Carmelo Filardi) by Helga I. Serrano[15]
  • Horizontes by S. Damary Burgos[16]
  • Abriendo Puertas by José Giovannetti[17]
  • Sources for the Study of Puerto Rican History: A Challenge to the Historian's Imagination by Blanca Silvestrini-Pacheco and Maria de los Angeles Castro Arroyo[18]
  • Activismo, literatura y cambio social en el Caribe hispano: aproximación en tres movimientos by María Alejandra Aguilar-Dornelles[19]
  • Historia del Humor Gráfico en Puerto Rico by Arturo Yépez[20]
  • Analizarán el impacto de la caricatura y la sátira by Inter News Service[21]
  • El caso del señor Carmelo Filardi[22]
  • Luis Negrón López Rescatado por la historia by Héctor Luis Acevedo[23]
  • Salón de Humorismo | Exhibición 40/30[24]
  • DESTILANDO CAÑA: Resistência e rumclandestino na ilha de Porto Rico by José Manuel González Cruz[25]
  • Antología del olvido by Eugenio Ballou[26]

There is a Carmelo Filardi Medal award.[27]

Filardi is related to the family which built the Filardi House. His father was Vicente Filardi, the primary builder. His older brothers Juan Bautista and Domingo were also contributors.[17] The professional tennis player Alex Llompart Filardi is also related to Carmelo Filardi.[28]

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