[1] Having returned to Siena in 1920, he graduated in law and started working at a legal practice in Colle di Val d'Elsa.
[1] Before and during World War II, Maccari worked for several other magazines as a journalist and author, and held fascist views;[1] he had taken part to the March on Rome of 1922 that led to the taking of power by the Italian fascist movement led by Benito Mussolini.
[1] From 1941 to 1975, he staged nine performances in Rome, Venice, Florence, Siena, Milan, and Spoleto.
[1] After World War II, he continued to be a popular artist, and in 1962 was appointed president of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome,[1] where he died in 1989.
[1] The chapter "Fencing" was written by Giani Stùparich, who had won the 1948 art competitions of the Olympic Games with a gold medal in literature;[1] the submitted drawing may have come from this book.