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Born in New York in 1898, she died in Camposanpiero (Padua) in 1979. In 1938 she founded the Guggenheim Jeune in London. In 1949 she bought Palazzo Venier dei Leoni in Venice, and created the epony...
Born in Rome in 1891, died in Venice in 1984. Pupil to Giulio Aristide Sartorio at Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. He was active in Venice from 1927 to 1935 and later came back to settle during the...
Born in Huttendorf in 1900, he died in Murano in 1974. He studied at the Fachschule in Haida (Novy Bor, Czech Republic). After 1922 he worked in Florence together with Guido Balsamo Stella and...
Born in Bagheria in 1912, died in Rome in 1987. After classical studies in Palermo he moved to Rome in 1931 to exhibit at the I Quadriennale. He was in Milan from 1935 to 1937, in contact with...
Born in 1883, died in 1980. One of the most representative glass engraver, capable of giving expressionist shapes to the material. He attended the Art Studio in Copenhagen and late...
Born in 1933, died in 1983. Pupil of Libensky at the Prague school of Decorative Arts, he became a designer at the Borske Sklo glasswork and worked in Murano for Venini & Co. In 1968...
Born in Pöchlarn in 1886 and died in Villeneuve in 1980. He spent his formative years at the Vienna School Decorative Arts in the "Secession" climate, in close contact with Gustav Klimt, ...
Born in Vienna in 1928, after academic studies, his paintings became abstract with a refined decorative taste, reminiscent of the "Jugendstil".He was acquainted with Klee and the Surrealism's theme...
Born in Venice in 1906.Painter, he has been exhibited in several Biennales and at the Opera Bevilacqua La Masa.Together with other partners, he established in 1950 the Centro Studi Pittori Arte ...
Painter known exspecially as a ceramic's decorator. His large tiled panel "La storia dell'arte" is justly famous: it was exhibited at the 1901 Venice Biennale and was subsequently purchas...
Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris)
Born in La Chaux - De - Fonds in 1887, he died in Roquebrune Cap Martin in 1965. Architect, painter, sculptor and writer, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He designed furniture for inte...
Born in 1907, he died in 1991. Painter with strong modern tendencies, he was born in Czestochowa (Poland), where he spent his childhood. After completing his schooling, he travelled for three ...
Born in Argentan (France) in 1881, died in Gif-sur-Yvette (Seine - et - Oise, France) in 1955. Studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and at the Academie Julian in Paris. He started from "Post-impress...
Son of the Norwegian painter Vincent, he was born in Duesseldorf in 1867 and died in Rome in 1920. He worked for two years in small ceramics workshop and came to Italy in 1886. He lived in Rom...
Born in 1907, he died in 1975. Architect and urban designer, he worked with Giuiseppe Pagano on same halls for the 1928 International Exhibition in Turin. In 1928 - 1929 he designed the Gualin...
Born in Turin, Italy in 1929, Riccardo Licata lived with his family for a short period to Paris; they then moved to Rome where he remained until 1945. Since 1946 he has lived between Venic...
Born in Milan in 1920. Architecture and interior designer; he worked for Alias, Cassina, Knoll International and Artemide. From 1960 until its closure he worked for the Vistosi glasswork as a ...
Born in 1921, he died in 2002. From 1937 to 1939 he attended the specialised School of Glassmaking at Novy Bor, where he later became instructor and then director, position held until 1963. Fr...