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Postcards

Giovanni Nanni was an Italian il-
lustrator. Born in 1888, he became
known for his drawings of elegant
women, who often wore hats. Al-
though he isn’t as well known as
the other great illustrators of the
early 20th century, Nanni is, ne-
vertheless, a famous artist of La
Belle Epoque. Over 1,000 of the
illustrator’s postcards have been
sold on Delcampe at reasonable
prices. Depending on how rare
they are, prices range between
€5 and €100 per postcard. This
means that it’s possible to build
a beautiful and original collection
for less.
Nanni’s style plays on the ele-
gance of women, who are usually
wearing a hat. He also drew wo-
men with dogs, and he created a
nice series with playing cards. Gi-
ven his era, Nanni also drew post-
cards with soldiers from the First
World War.
In addition, he did commission
work for companies. For exa-
mple, his series of automobiles
for Pirelli. He also drew fashion
postcards and others to pro-
mote an Olivetti typewriter.
Nanni’s work is relatively abun-
dant. He drew hundreds of post-
cards, each of which is more
beautiful than the next.

The illustrator passed away in
1969, but left us a magnificent
collection of postcards you can Old postcard with a woman with a fan drawn by Nanni.
admire on Delcampe. Old postcard of a woman and a soldier from the First World War.

CLICK HERE Old postcard of a woman and deck of cards.
Old postcard of a Pirelli automobile, an order from the company drawn by Nanni.

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