Aldo Brovarone

Brovarone was born on 24 June 1926, in Vigliano Biellese, in Italy's Piedmont textile region.[3] Demonstrating innate artistic talent at an early age, he was fascinated by airplanes and dreamed of becoming a pilot.[4] He later studied at the state commercial and technical institute, considering a career in the textile industry.

His studies were interrupted by WWII, and he was deported by the Germans and imprisoned for one year in a Polish concentration camp.[5][6][7] Managing to survive,[4] he later worked as a designer with a refrigerator company.

In 1949 Brovarone expatriated to Buenos Aires, Argentina and worked as a graphic designer at an advertising firm,[8] later working with AUTOAR (Automotores Argentinos) until it ended operations in 1953. Brovarone returned to Italy to work with Piero Dusio of Cisitalia, where he first developed brochure illustrations and began his career as an automobile designer.

On introduction from Dusio, Brovarone met Battista "Pinin" Farina[8] and in 1952, he joined Carrozzeria Pinin Farina (later simply Pininfarina) first as assistant stylist to Francesco Salomone and Franco Martinengo. He subsequently became lead designer, beginning with the design of the Ferrari Superamerica II, presented at the 1960 Turin Auto Show.[8]

At Pininfarina, Brovarone designed the sedan variant of the Peugeot 504. In 2007 he verified that he did not design the coupe and cabriolet variants, confirming these were designed at Pininfarina, but under the direction of Franco Martinegno, from sketches by Peugeot.

At Pininfarina, he collaborated on the 1987 Ferrari F40 with lead designer Leonardo Fioravanti, just before retiring.

After his retirement from Pininfarina in 1988,[8] Brovarone consulted as a stylist with Stola, later contributing to the design of Studiotorino's Porsche Boxster-based RUF RK Spyder, named at the 2005 Milan Triennale as the most beautiful car in the world.[5] At Studiotorino, Broverone secretly penned a coupe variant that management later accepted.[9]

He continued to live in Turin, without computer or cellphone, and continued to make pencil sketches and tempera illustrations which were printed as collectible postcards.[10]

He died at 94 on 12 October 2020 at Molinette hospital in Turin, several days after the death of his wife Martarita,[11][2] and was survived by his son Enrico Brovarone and nephew Cesare Brovarone. He was a member of the Auto Moto Club Storico Italiano (AMSAP) and judge for two concours d'elegance organized by the club, at Villa La Malpenga in Vigliano Biellese (in 2016) and at Ricetto di Candelo (in 2017).

His life and work was recounted in the 2019 book, Stile & raffinatezza. Le creazioni di Aldo Brovarone ("Style & Refinement. The Creations of Aldo Brovarone) by Giuliano Silli, presented at the Third Annual Parco del Valentino Concours d'Elegance.

• Abarth Monotipo (Stola)
• Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM Superflow (concept)
• Alfa Romeo Eagle
• Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 Sport
• Alfa Romeo Spider (Duetto) with Martinengo, Salomone, and Carli of Pininfarina
• Barchetta Dedica (Stola)[12]
• Cisitalia 33DF Voloradente
• Dino 206 GT[13]
• Dino Berlinetta GT
• Dino Berlinetta Speciale[14]
• Ferrari 250 LM
• Ferrari 365 GT 2+2[15]
• Ferrari 365 P Berlinetta Speciale Speciale[15]
• Ferrari 375 America Coupe Speciale (1954 for Gianni Agnelli)
• Ferrari 400 Superamerica Pinin Farina Coupé (1959 for Gianni Agnelli)
• Maserati 5000 GT Pinin Farina Coupé (1961 for Gianni Agnelli)
• Ferrari 400 Superamerica Coupé Aerodinamico
• Ferrari Superfast II (1960 concept)
• Ferrari 500 Superfast
• Lancia Gamma Coupé
• Maserati A6GCS Pinin Farina Berlinetta[16]
• Peugeot 504 (berlina/sedan)
• Peugeot 604
• Porsche S82 Spyder (Stola)

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  Cisitalia Type 33 DF Volo Radente
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  Lancia Gamma Coupé
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  Peugeot 604
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  Peugeot 504
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  Ferrari 365 GT 2+2
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  1955 Ferrari 375 America Coupé Speciale for Gianni Agnelli
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  Ferrari 400 Superamerica Aerodinamico Coupé
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  Ferrari 375 MM Berlinetta Speciale, for actress Ingrid Bergman
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  Ferrari 400 Superamerica Pinin Farina Coupé, for Fiat CEO Gianni Agnelli
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  Dino Berlinetta Speciale
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  Ferrari 500 Superfast
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  Ferrari 365 GTC/4
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  Maserati A6GCS Pinin Farina
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  Dino 206 GT
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  Ferrari Superfast II
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  Fiat Barchetta Stola Dedica