Dante Coscia (1912 - 1986) was an Italian artist and illustrator who is best known for his dramatic propaganda works produced in support of the Italian fascist regime during the Second World War. Aside from his birth and death years, little is known about the details of his life, with the most complete account of his work and life appearing in the 2002 book Repubblica sociale i manifesti, edited by Ernesto Zucconi. Coscia's works generally dealt with military themes or stoked fears of an Allied victory, rooted in the racism and anti-Americanism of the Italian fascists. Aside from propaganda posters, in 1944, Coscia prepared an illustrated children's book Storia del bene e del malo fiaba per grandi e per Piccini, a 'fairly tale' allegory for fascism. After the war, his career suffered a setback but he was able to regularly produce illustrations for advertisements.

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