Brunelleschi was a painter, an illustrator and a costume designer. After studying in Florence and participating in various exhibitions in Italy, in 1900 he settled in Paris, where he found work as an illustrator for the magazine 'Le Rire'. In the early years of the twentieth century, he developed ties with the community of young poets living the Quartier Latin and began to exhibit at the Salon des Independents. He made drawings for the magazine 'l'Assiette au Beurre' and also worked at various fashion magazines. In the 1920's Brunelleschi diversified into creating costumes for the Folies Bergere, the Casino de Paris and theaters in New York, Italy and Germany. He also created many of Josephine Baker's stage costumes. As an illustrator he worked for books by writers such as Andersen, Gabriele d'Annunzio, Charles Perrault, Jean de La Fontaine, Boccaccio, Diderot, Voltaire, Goethe. His original gouaches for illustrating books were regularly exhibited in the Salons and at the Venice Biennale. |
