Gino Cenedese

Gino Cenedese

Born in Murano in 1907, where he died in 1973. He started his career in the glass factory MVM Cappellin & Co. In 1946 he opened his own furnaces where he had some of the b...

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Afro Celotto

Afro Celotto

Afro Celotto was born in Venice on August 24 1963. He started working with glass when he was only 14 years old, apprenticing with the great master Lino Tagliapietra. During his first ...

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Pietro Jr. Chiesa

Pietro Jr. Chiesa

Born in Milan (Italy) in 1892 where he died in 1948. Famous glassware designer, he joined Fontana Ars' in 1933 as a partner. He worked for S.A.L.I.R. 's, was a member of "Il L...

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Marc Chagall

Born in Vitebsk in 1887 he died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence in 1985. He studied in St. Petersburgh with Léon Bakst, who introduced him to the Impressionists. He went to Paris in 1910 and joined the...

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Giuseppe Chiacigh

Giuseppe Chiacigh

Born in Vladikavkaz (Caucasus) on December 28, 1895 from Italian citizens who owned a business in Russia. He died in Trieste in 1967 He was a painter and architect. After completing ...

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Dale Chihuly

Dale Chihuly

Born in Tacoma in 1941, graduated in 1965 at Washington University in Interior Design. He was awarded a student's grant at Fullbright Fellowship in 1968 and moved to Murano. At Venini & Co. He ...

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Galileo Chini

Born in Florence in 1873, where he died in 1956. In 1899 together with some friends he established "L'arte della ceramica" to give a new impulse to Italian Maiolica. For a time he worked at th...

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Romano Chirivi

Born in Bologna in 1931. Graduated in architecture in Venice, he taught at University's Institute of architecture from 1958. He cooperated from 1960 to 1967 with the Higher Course of Industrial Des...

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Corrado Martens

Known as Dino. Born in Venice in 1894, he died there in 1970. See Dino Martens

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Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Born in Maison Lafitte in 1889, he died in 1963 at Milly-la-Fôret. Writer, poet and graphic artist, very well known as an illustrator of books, he worked as an interior designer, and since 1950 he ...

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Egidio Costantini

Egidio Costantini

Born in Brindisi in 1912. In 1950 he established the Centro Studi Pittori Arte del Vetro , later Fucina Degli Angeli . Peggy Guggenheim sponsored his first glassware exhibition in 1953.At th...

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Mario Coletti

Known as Farai. He worked forVenini & Co. From the 30s up to the death of Paolo Venini. For a short period he worked for Rosenthal's. He executed the first duck in vitreous paste on the de...

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Mario D'Alpaos

Son of Giuseppe, he worked as a designer and engraver at S.A.L.I.R .'s, where he became director in 1976.

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Giuseppe D'Alpaos

Engraver and decorator. After his experiwnce in the grinding department of Vetreria Franchetti, he established the S.A.L.I.R . firm together with other partners. He executed his ...

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Antonio Da Ros

Born in Venice in 1936. Studied at the Carmini State Institute of Art and later taught architecture. After having worked for a brief period as a designer in ceramics, he joined Cenedese's in 1...

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Serena Dal Maschio

Serena Dal Maschio

Born in Venice in 1920, she died there in 1974. She studied at the Carmini State Institute of Art and subsequently at the Academy of Fine Arts. She worked with her husband Romualdo Scarpa and start...

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Ludovico Diaz de Santillana

Ludovico Diaz de Santillana

Born in Rome in 1931, died in 1989 in Terranova Bracciolini. After having graduated in architecture in Venice, he taught at the university. He married Anna Venini, Paolo Venini ...

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Mario De Luigi (Guido Bin)

Mario De Luigi (Guido Bin)

Born in Treviso in 1901 and deceased in Dolo in 1978, this renowned painter, set designer, and mosaicist taught at the Venice Institute of Art. Notable for his collaborations with Carlo Scarpa on m...

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