Born : June 24 1926
Deceased : October 12 2020
Biography Aldo Brovarone
Aldo Brovarone was born in Vigliano Biellese in the Piedmontese region in Italy. As of an early age, Brovarone showed an exceptional artistic talent. He starts arts school to further improve his drawing and design skills. Back in the days the textile industry was quite succesful in Piedmonte. Aldo Brovarone always believed he would end up in that industry. However things turned out to be completely different. After his studies, Brovarone accepts a job as a graphic designer in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in a marketing firm. Later, Piero Dusio, founder of Cisitalia in Torino (Italy) offers Brovarone an opportunity to enter the automobile world in his company AUTOAR (Automotores Argentinos). In 1952, Piero Dusio makes the request to Brovarone to go back to the home-base of the company in Italy.
Aldo Brovarone and Pininfarina
When Piero Dusio’s company is in financial troubles in 1952, it is Dusio himself who steps up for Brovarone. Dusio in person introduces Aldo Brovarone to Giovanni Battista Farina, a.k.a. “Pinin”. He highlights the talent of the young Brovarone. This meeting would become a determining point in the career of Aldo Brovarone. After a trial period, Brovarone officialy joins ‘Pininfarina’ to assist Francesco Salomone and Franco Martinengo.
At that time Pininfarina designs extraordinary cars and Brovarone begins to contribute to the creation of these vehicles. He details the drawings, and sometimes add some colors to the sketches created by his mentors. Some of the projects Brovarone worked in that era are the Maserati A6 GCS and the Ferrari 250 Le Mans.
After about eight years as assistant stylist, Brovarone takes on a leading role in the designing of the Ferrari Superamerica superfast 2. This experimental creation by the re-known Turin bodybuilder presents a new and innovative style. The DINO Berlinetta Speciale, presented in Paris, in 1965 at the Pininfarina stand was also designed by Brovarone. This design has since inspired many Ferrari central engine models. The Ferrari 206 Dino and Ferrari 246 Dino road versions are 2 of them.
Aldo Brovarone and Studio Torino
In 1988, Aldo Brovarone retired. During that period, Brovarona meets Alfredo Stola of the Studio Torino. They became befriended, and Stola asked Brovarone to start working for Studio Torino. Brovarone replied that he was retired and could not take any consulting work. However, he would be glad to do some design sketches, just as a hobby, to stay in shape.
In 2005 Aldo Brovarone contributed to the design of the Porsche RUF RK Spyder presented by Studio Torino June 16, 2005 at the Automobile Museum of Torino. The car was built in close co-operation between Studio Turino and Alois RUF. You can read the complete story in the RUF Book ‘RUF the Limited one’ by WAFT. At first, there were absolutely no intentions to create a coupe version of the RK Spyder. Brovarone sketched a Coupe secretly. The desing overwhelmed the managers at Studio Torino. One year later, the Porsche RK Coupe was presented.
Pictures courtesy Studio Torino and the Brovarone archives
