Vintage!

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Inspired by the most iconic Italian alcoholic drinks, this collection is about the old style way of drinking and the timeless style of the Fish.

Most of these brands have been around for more than one hundred year, their manifestos and posters are following along the history of Italian Art through the Renaissance, the Pre-Raphaelites, Art Nouveau, Futurism, Dada, Industrial Art and so on.

The Fish has always been the Fish, the perfect combo with every era.

15 Unique artworks - Prints not available

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The Potion of Love

I have decided to create a new collection of 15 pieces dedicated to vintage Italian drinks and their beautiful posters. I grew up in Italy in the 80s and I remember some ads as truly unique pieces of art.
Even if most of these posters are a way older that the 80s, I can imagine the Fish being there, in the 20th century and before. You will be surprised by the history that some of these drinks have, starting with my first one, Amaretto di Saronno.
Did you know that Amaretto di Saronno was officially invented around 15oo A.C? During the Renaissance! And it is still very much present in our pubs these days. It was invented as a gift, with its very special bottle, custom made for the drink, still the same shape these days!
Isn't it incredible? The Fish was already there, of course.

Bellissimo SOLD

I have decided to create a new collection of 15 pieces dedicated to vintage Italian drinks and their beautiful posters. I grew up in Italy in the 80s and I remember some ads as truly unique pieces of art.
Even if most of these posters are a way older that the 80s, I can imagine the Fish being there, in the 20th century and before. You will be surprised by the history that some of these drinks have, like the following one: Amaro Montenegro was invented around 1885 in Bologna, Italy. Its inventor, Stanislao Cobianchi, was intended to become a priest, he went on a trip instead where he learnt all about botanical herbs and plants. Back in Bologna he spent time preparing spirits and alcoholic drins and he invented the Elisir Lungavita ( Elisir for Longlife). 11 years after, for the wedding of Elena from Montenegro and Vittorio Emanuele III ( king of Italy 1900-1946) Stanislao decided to change the name in Amaro Montenegro. The recipe still the original one, secret, of course. The Fish was already there, is has always been. This poster is a beautiful Liberty artwork from the beginning of the century.

Fratelli Fish SOLD

I have decided to create a new collection of 15 pieces dedicated to vintage Italian drinks and their beautiful posters. I grew up in Italy in the 80s and I remember some ads as truly unique pieces of art.
Even if most of these posters are a way older that the 80s, I can imagine the Fish being there, in the 20th century and before. You will be surprised by the history that some of these drinks have. The History of Fernet is very old, it was invented before the 1845 by Bernardino Branca in Milan. It was used initially as a medicament, and very good for sea sickness. It became popular in 1837 during the pandemic of Cholera, when in the Hospital Fatebene Fratelli it started to be given as a medicine. It is made with 27 herbs, including cinammon, aloe, rhubarb, camomille, cinchona, lime, galanga, zedoaria, safron, myrrh and others, with an alcoholic base.
The art of their posters is astonishing. It goes through all the major artistic movements in the 19 and 20th centuries, Liberty, Dada, Futurism, Modernism, Art Nouveau. This piece is inspired by a poster from 1896. The Fish was already there. The Fish was always there.

Italian Style SOLD

Vintage! This 4th piece of my new collection is dedicated to Martini, another great drink that finds its origin back in the 19th century.
Clemente Michel, Carlo Re, Carlo Agnelli and Eligio Baudino started the company in 1847, as a vermouth bottling plant in Pessione. A few years later Alessandro Martini joined the team, becoming the director in 1863 along with Teofilo Sola and Luigi Rossi (who was the inventor of a vermouth). In 1863 they changed the company name to Martini, Sola & Cia. They started exporting bottles of vermouth around the world. New York city was given its first crates in 1867. At the time the firm was awarded several prizes, which are still recorded on the bottles: Dublin (1865), Paris (1867 and 1878), Vienna (1873) and Philadelphia (1876). Just thirty years after its creation, Martini was available in the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Greece, Portugal, Belgium, Egypt and other countries. In 1879 the Sola family sold its interests to the remaining partners, who renamed the company Martini & Rossi, as it stands today.
The Fish was already there, it always was.

L'aperitivo - Not Available

This is the 5th piece of my new Vintage! collection. It is dedicated to Campari, my favourite drink ever.
It was invented in 1862 by Gaspare Campari, professional liqueur maker, in a shop in Milan, where now you find the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. After a few experiments he created a red liqueur, bitter-sweet taste and moderately alcoholic. Its name was Bitter of Mr. Capmari, and it was shortly after renamed Bitter Campari. After his death, his son, Davide, carried the family business and opened the first factory.
Nowadays Campari sells in 170 countries, same recipe.
Its posters and advertising are incredibly creative and reflects the style of each epoque.
The Fish was already there, it always was.

Call me

This is another great drink with more than 100 years of history.
The Peroni company, also knows as Nastro Azzurro, was established under the founding family name in the town of Vigevano, Italy, in 1846. Due to booming business, a second brewery was built in Rome. The company was moved to Rome by Giovanni Peroni in 1864, six years prior to Rome becoming the Italian capital in 1870. Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the company became one of the most prominent brewing companies in the newly unified Italian nation.
In the 1960s and through their expansion, Peroni Nastro Azzurro launched numerous successful advertising campaigns, keeping a strong focus upon the sea and sailing world; each campaign featuring a model styled in a sailor outfit and hat.
I love this work of art, and , of course, the Fish was already there.

Cheers to the Fish! SOLD

Another piece inspired by the Italian Drink Martini. This poster is dated back late 19th Century and it clearly reflect the style and fashion of that time.
I still drink martini these days, with some fish is even better.