Enzo Apicella

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Vincenzo "Enzo" Apicella
Born(1922-06-26)26 June 1922
Autodidact
Known forArtist, cartoonist, designer, restaurateur
SpouseSophie Jegado

Vincenzo "Enzo" Apicella, FCSD (26 June 1922 – 31 October 2018) was an Italian London-based artist, cartoonist, designer, and restaurateur.

Life and work

Enzo Apicella was born in Naples, Italy on 26 June 1922. Having served in the Italian Air Force during World War II] he went on to study at film school in Rome. Soon after, he became a freelance designer working in illustration and print journalism before co-founding Melodramma, an opera magazine, in Venice in 1953.

When the magazine ceased publication, he came to England in 1954 and began designing posters and sets for television, as well as producing cartoon films. A self-taught cartoonist, his cartoons were published in

Harpers & Queen, and Liberazione
.

In 1974 Apicella worked with artists John & Rosalind on the

Vogue's Bevis Hillier as "One of the creators of the Swinging Sixties" who profoundly influenced the face of London's restaurant scene. Known for going that much further[vague
] than any of his contemporaries, Apicella understood that the pop uprising demanded more eating out than in.

He worked as an interior designer for over 150 restaurants,

Pizza Express.[5]
He was co-owner of Club dell'Arethusa, Meridiana, Factotum, Apicella '81 and Condotti.

Apicella worked with many London restaurateurs including

Sir Terence Conran, and Mario Cassandro.[7]

Apicella was a member of the Chartered Society of Designers and is listed in the Dictionary of British cartoonists and caricaturists.[8]

References

  1. ^ "A Night at Factotum". Discogs. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ISBN 0900303069
    .
  3. ^ MacCarthy, Fiona. "The line of beauty". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  4. ^ Mitchell, Jamie. "Enzo Apicella". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  5. ^ Fort, Matthew. "Business Time to get back to Boizot's basics". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Alvaro Maccioni Obituary". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Mario Cassandro Obituary". Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  8. ISBN 0859679764
    .

External links

Publications

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