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BlueToy Member 
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Is he still alive?! It's amazing how there's so little info about him online, especially since he has done a number of decks (some of them very celebrated in the tarot world). It's like the Pamela Coleman-Smith curse or something (the work being famous, the artist forgotten). |
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gregory Administrator 
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I bet Arnell Ando would know. But I don't think you can call the artist forgotten; there is a LOT of interest..... |
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BlueToy Member
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Well, yes of course there is a lot of interest in his works. But I guess I was disappointed not to find even a short biography wherener I see his decks featured. |
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palestrina Member 
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Some Folchi unpublished decks... http://www.massimilianomugnaini.it/70/folchi/d1.htm |
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papoon Member 
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Oh man, someone really needs to publish the Gli occhi dei tarocchi Edited: I just couldn't resist trying to see what it would look like corrected for the sucky scans: Attached Image (viewed 208 times): Last edited on Sat Oct 18th, 2008 11:03 pm by papoon |
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BlueToy Member
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Oh! Is this new? I never encountered the site when I did a search for Amerigo Folchi before. Too bad some of the pics are too dark. :( I wonder why they don't try approaching major publishers, given that the designs are already finished and that they're 78 card decks? My personal fave from the lot's the one with the big women  Last edited on Mon Oct 20th, 2008 07:54 am by BlueToy |
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gregory Administrator
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I e-mailed Arnell, who doesn't know, but suggested Frank Jensen; I have emailed HIM now. Watch this space. If anyone knows, he will |
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palestrina Member
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Every deck designed by Folchi is well done, with an aesthetic sense... but like a lot of decks of italian artists the real sense is loose... Despite this, all are wondefull decks... and when you have seen the original drawings, you understand that Folchi is a great artist. |
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gregory Administrator
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I just heard back from Frank Jensen. Folchi has simply disappeared from the radar - afer his last deck (Master) was published he just vanished - much like Frankie Albano. If anyone hears from him, please let Frank know !!!! |
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BlueToy Member
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Has anyone tried contacting the webmaster of the site posted by Palestrina? Maybe he still has contact with Folchi? |
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Mr. la-luna Member 
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Nope but I mailed the people at the Museo dei Tarocchi perhaps they know something... |
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palestrina Member
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I have tried to contact the webmaster two weeks ago, and no response.... Too bad |
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AdamMcLean Member 
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BlueToy wrote: :( I wonder why they don't try approaching major publishers, given that the designs are already finished and that they're 78 card decks? I am sure that they must have approached major publishers. It seems strange that the Museo dei Tarocchi has not published at least one of his decks. I, myself, would be happy to publish one of Folchi's unpublished decks, but I have not received any reply to my email. |
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Mr. la-luna Member
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Mr. la-luna wrote: Nope but I mailed the people at the Museo dei Tarocchi perhaps they know something... No luck there also no info about Folchi. he seems to have simply dissapeared |
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Reece Member
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He passed away. This morning in a Facebook group, someone said it was COVID-related. Last edited on Tue Aug 11th, 2020 10:20 am by Reece |
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gregory Administrator
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Oh that's REALLY sad. Especially, somehow, that Covid got a shot at him. |
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gregory Administrator
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Here's the actual news that specifies it was covid: https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/03/24/news/coronavirus_le_storie_tra_le_vittime_amerigo_folchi_l_artista_dei_tarocchi-252066213/ But it says he was 67. NOT 92 ! I wonder where the other site got its info - quite a bit of it looks wrong ! La Reppublica's obit says also that he was posting images of his virus on FB while he was in hospital ! Last edited on Tue Aug 11th, 2020 11:07 am by gregory |
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Reece Member
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I edited. Clearly their info was wrong... Here's another, all in Italian: https://iltirreno.gelocal.it/pistoia/cronaca/2020/03/23/news/tre-nuove-vittime-in-provincia-di-pistoia-morto-amerigo-folchi-artista-dei-tarocchi-1.38629591 |
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gregory Administrator
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He was in PISTOIA ? I was stranded there for 5 days once; I could have gone and MADE FRIENDS ! I think that art site is - VERY dodgy on info collecting ! It reminds me of another art site where the whole life of an artist we used to know personally was hugely wrong - wrong wife (he had had two and they had almost left the first sort of in place for his whole life...) wrong who he lived with where and when, wrong children.... If I had been a family member I'd have made a fuss... |
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Reece Member
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gregory wrote:He was in PISTOIA ? I was stranded there for 5 days once; I could have gone and MADE FRIENDS ! I'm glad I deleted the link then. I won't bother with a history search to duplicate... As far as Pistoia, yes, this info is ACCURATE. Look in the LWB in your Tarocco del Mundo Nuovo. It's in there  I included it in my search to get to my article, along with the Italian word for painter.Last edited on Wed Aug 12th, 2020 10:46 am by Reece |
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gregory Administrator
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DAMN, if only I had KNOWN (some critical bit on the van died half way up a mountain road - bearings of some kind; the Italian word for whatever it was translated to little pillows ! - and we had to wait there while they sourced the part.) |
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rylla Member 
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I'm so sorry he passed away. He was a great artist. |
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