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Born in Padova in 1915 and died in Milan in 1996. He met Paolo Venini in 1948 and started a job relationship that had lasted form more than forty years.In 1958 he also worked for Cenedese's, in 1...
Mauro Vianello began his work on glass in one of the most renowned Murano glass factories when he was very young. His dear friend Vanni (skillful maker of lighting glass items) taught him the techn...
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 ...
The Vaccari have been active in the production and sale of Venetian pearls since the nineteenth century. The founder Augusto Vaccari exported lampworked glass to the French and English co...
"Glass, this magical material that pushes me every day to improve myself to reach a perfection that I will never reach." "The master glassmaker cannot go back: his sign remains indomitable, he is n...
Simple and sophisticated, with a contemporary design rooted in the ancient art of Murano glassmaking, Andrea Tagliapietra's glass sculptures are a unique emotion. Considered one of Murano's most ta...
Pino Signoretto is recognised as the most prominent glass artist and sculptor not only in Murano but also in the world . What seemed and was impossible to achieve for anyone else, Pino has done,d...
Alfredo Barbini - Murano Glass Master
Discover the life and legacy of Alfredo Barbini, a Murano glassmaster who transformed solid glass into timeless sculpture. From his early collaborations to founding his own furnace, Barbini defined...
Cragg ⟨kräġ⟩, Tony (owner Anthony). British sculptor (b.Liverpool 1949). After working as a technician in a biochemistry laboratory (1966-68), Cragg began his artistic training, which ended at th...
Born in 1858 Died in 1897. Master glassblower at Francesco e Figlio's firm (at present Barovier & Toso), he was celebrated by Gabriele D'Annunzio in the novel "Il fuoco", published in 1900. He ...