Carmelo Filardi
Cover of Filardi's book
Born	Carmelo Filardi Cantisani[1] November 25, 1900 Yauco, Puerto Rico
Died	December 7, 1989 Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Nationality	American
Occupation	Cartoonist
Known for	cartoons published in El Mundo newspaper
Children	Carlos Filardi Antonmattei[2][3]
Parent(s)	Vicente Filardi, Maria Cantisani
Relatives	Domingo Filardi, Juan Bautista Filardi

Carmelo Filardi (1900–1989) was a Puerto Rican artist of Italian ancestry, was a cartoonists who had his work published in Puerto Rico's El Mundo newspaper starting in 1927. He was from Yauco, Puerto Rico^[4] and his parents were born in Italy.^[1] Filardi specialized in satire and journalistic criticism. To do this, he used depictions of average daily life in Puerto Rico to illustrate his thoughts. He was a caricaturist and his work is included in University of Puerto Rico collections.^[5]

His first published cartoon in El Mundo was in 1927.^[6] In 1947, he published a book called Un año de historia en caricaturas, which contained a selection of his works from 1946 to 1947.^[7]

In 1971, he published a book called Una Época de historia en Caricaturas. The book contained a collection of his works from 1948-1963. Eliseo Combas Guerra, wrote the prologue, selected the cartoons and annotated the work for the book, which was published by Editorial Universitaria of the University of Puerto Rico.^[8]

His cartoons which featured life and events about Puerto Rico include one when José Ferrer, a Puerto Rican actor won an Oscar.^[9]

Filardi's works and cultural influences have been featured and discussed in numerous books, publications and national archives such as:

• Women, Creole Identity, and Intellectual Life in Early Twentieth-century by Magali Roy Féquière^[2]
• Harry S. Truman library & museum^[10]
• Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies(Vol. 20, Issue 1)^[11]
• Así es la vida (That's Life) by "Joaquín" Jack Delano^[12]
• Medios y resistencia en la era muñocista: el periódico El Mundo y la caricatura de Filardi ante el proyecto histórico del Partido Popular Democrático, 1950-1960 by Rafael L. Cabrera Collazo^[13]
• Los dibujos del progreso: el mundo caricaturesco de Filardi y la crítica al desarrollismo muñocista 1950-1960 by Rafael L. Cabrera Collazo^[14]
• Recordando a Carmelo Filardi (Remembering Carmelo Filardi) by Helga I. Serrano^[15]
• Horizontes by S. Damary Burgos^[16]
• Abriendo Puertas by José Giovannetti^[17]
• Sources for the Study of Puerto Rican History: A Challenge to the Historian's Imagination by Blanca Silvestrini-Pacheco and Maria de los Angeles Castro Arroyo^[18]
• Activismo, literatura y cambio social en el Caribe hispano: aproximación en tres movimientos by María Alejandra Aguilar-Dornelles^[19]
• Historia del Humor Gráfico en Puerto Rico by Arturo Yépez^[20]
• Analizarán el impacto de la caricatura y la sátira by Inter News Service^[21]
• El caso del señor Carmelo Filardi^[22]
• Luis Negrón López Rescatado por la historia by Héctor Luis Acevedo^[23]
• Salón de Humorismo | Exhibición 40/30^[24]
• DESTILANDO CAÑA: Resistência e rumclandestino na ilha de Porto Rico by José Manuel González Cruz^[25]
• Antología del olvido by Eugenio Ballou^[26]

There is a Carmelo Filardi Medal award.^[27]

Filardi is related to the family which built the Filardi House. His father was Vicente Filardi, the primary builder. His older brothers Juan Bautista and Domingo were also contributors.^[17] The professional tennis player Alex Llompart Filardi is also related to Carmelo Filardi.^[28]

See also

• Filardi House

References