Lorenzo Mattotti

Lorenzo Mattotti is a painter, illustrator and comic book author. From an early age, he filled notebooks and entire boards with illustrated stories. His first stories remained confidential until he decided in 1980 to found with other authors the artist collective Valvoline which aimed to renew the aesthetics and linguistics of comics.

He then created Le Signor Spartaco then his masterpiece Feux which was immediately acclaimed by international critics. Then follow The Man at the Window, Stigmata or Chimera, Caboto, Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, Le Bruit du Givre or Letters from a distant time. Far from being limited to comics, it illustrates certain masterpieces of literature such as Pinocchio by Collodi, The Divine Comedy by Dante, a song by Bob Dylan or even The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe revisited by Lou Reed.

He also goes on excursions in children's literature with Hansel and Gretel, Eugenio, Grands Dieux or even Aladin. His illustrated books are numerous, recounting his trips to Angkor, Vietnam, Rio for Carnival, or his obsessions with Un Fantasme dans la Chambre, Nell'acqua, Stanze or even Oltremai to name a few.

Today he is considered one of the most important artists of the 9th art and is translated all over the world.