Filiberto Scarpelli

Filiberto Scarpelli (29 June 1870 –20 August 1933) was an Italian cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist.

Life and career Born in Naples, the brother of the illustrator Tancredi, Scarpelli graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. He then moved to Rome, where he started his professional career in the magazine Orazio Coccola. In 1916 he and Enrico Sacchetti held an exhibition titled Italian artists and the war at the Leicester Galleries in London. and his collaborations also include Corriere dei Piccoli, L'Avanti, , Lacerba. He was the father of the screenwriter Furio, the film director Manlio and the cinematographer Marco Scarpelli.