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Ernesto Cattoni

Cattoni

Ernesto Cattoni, born in 1936 in Milan, lives and works in Brunate.
Occasional contributor, cartoonist and illustrator. Since 1957 he published more than 12.000 humorous drawings and cartoons in the main italian and foreign newspapers and magazines: "Il Giorno", "Corriere d'Informazione", "Corriere Lombardo", "Famiglia Cristiana", "Jesus", "Panorama", "Epoca", "Tempo", "Europeo", "Gardenia", "Airone", "Millelibri", "Grazia", "Amica", "Oggi", "Selezione", "La Tribuna illustrata", "La Domenica del Corriere", "Visto", "Topolino", "Il Corrierino dei Piccoli", "Il Monello", "L'Intrepido", "I Gialli Mondadori", "Relax", "Humor Graphic", "L'Illustré", "Le Figaro", "Paris Match", "Motor und Sport".
He illustrated several books: "Il Vangelo e la Bibbia dei Ragazzi" (Ed. San Paolo) published in english, german, spanish and portuguese version too, "Verde anch'io", "Non brontolare amore".
For italian magazine "Famiglia Cristiana" he illustrates the weekly numbers of "La Bibbia per la famiglia" for seven years.
He partecipates in the main national and international humour contests. In his palmares several prizes won in the greatest Festivals and many personal exhibitions in Italy and abroad.

Main Prizes
1966 - 1° Prize, Concorso Nazionale per un nuovo personaggio a fumetti, Lucca, Italy
1983 - 1° Prize, La Madia d'Oro, L'Aquila, Italy
1994 - 1° Prize, Umoristi a Marostica, Marostica, Italy
1994 - 1° Prize, Rassegna internazionale di Umorismo, Trento, Italy
1995 - 1° Prize, Umoristi e Satira, Dolo, Italy
1997 - 1° Prize, San Valentino d'Oro, Terni, Italy
1998 - 1° Prize, L'Oleandro d'Oro, Salò, Italy
1998 - 1° Prize, Rassegna nazionale vignetta umoristica, Lanciano, Italy
1999 - 1° Prize, Umoristi D.O.C. Maestro del sorriso, Fossano, Italy