Born in
Naples, the brother of the illustrator Tancredi, Scarpelli graduated from the
Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. He then moved to Rome, where he started his professional career in the magazine
Orazio Coccola. In 1916 he and Enrico Sacchetti held an exhibition titled
Italian artists and the war at the
Leicester Galleries in London. and his collaborations also include ''
Corriere dei Piccoli,
L'Avanti, ,
Lacerba''. He was the father of the screenwriter
Furio, the film director Manlio and the cinematographer
Marco Scarpelli. == References ==