Carlo Scarpa

Biography

Born in Venice in 1906, he died in Sendai (Japan) in 1978. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and teached in 1926 at the Higher Institute of Architecture. In 1927 he started working for the firm of MVM Cappellin & Co., and in 1932 he took over from Napoleone Martinuzzi at Venini & Co., where he remained until 1947. In 1940 he partcipated in the Venice Biennale, and in 1956 he cooperatedwith I.R.V. Mazzega.