Dino Martens

Biography

Corrado Martens, known as Dino, was born in Venice in 1894 where he died in 1970.
Studies at the Accademia Delle Belle Arti di Venezia. Moves to Murano in the middle ‘20s to become a collaborator and partner at the S.A.L.I.R.’s. As a painter he exhibits at the Biennale from 1924 to 1930. Works as a designer in 1932 for the Salviati & C. and for the Succ. Andrea Rioda firms. From 1939 to 1963 he is art director of Aureliano Toso’s, creating glassware of great interest for the open-minded use of traditional Venetian techniques.