Vittorio Donà

Born in Murano in 1903 where he died in 1949. After a diploma at the Venice Academy and some work abroad, he gave life to S.I.V.A.M. company together with other partners; due to his family rel...

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Gianni Dova

Gianni Dova

Born in Rome in 1925, he died in Pisa in 1991. After having studied at Brera, he became one of the chiefplayers of the Avant-Garde movement in Milan in the mid 50s due to "Movimento Nucleare" and "...

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Max Ernst

Max Ernst

Born in Bruehl in 1891, he died in Paris in 1976. He attended by the university of Bonn the faculty of philosophy, the courses of psychiatry and art history. In 1921 he participated in the exhibiti...

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Claire Falkenstein

Claire Falkenstein

Born in 1909 in Coosbay. She studied at the University of California. In 1942 she was known as a successful sculptor. She lived and worked in Paris from 1950 to 1959, back in U.S.A. she taught at v...

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Giorgio Ferro

Giorgio Ferro

Son of Galliano, he was born in Murano in 1931. He studied at the Carmini State Institute of Art in Venice. From 1951 to 1955 he worked at A.V.E.M. 's as a designer, and was concerned mainly with...

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Antonio Ferro

  Antonio Ferro was an influential figure in the Murano glass industry, founding the furnace Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.Ve.M.) in 1932. He established this furnace along with his sons, Egidio and Ot...

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Egidio Ferro

Son of Antonio, born in Murano in 1889 and died there in 1968. He worked for the C.V.M. and later, during the 20s. In 1932 together with other partners he establised A.Ve.M., where he went on produ...

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Ottone Ferro

Son of Antonio and master glassblower, he has been one of the A.V.E.M.'s founding partners. At the XXV Venice Biennale, in 1950, he presented bowls and vases having new chromatic effects obtai...

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Luciano Ferro

Son of Egidio, he was born in Murano in 1925 and died there in 1972. During the 60s he worked as a master glassblower and occasionally as a designer for A.Ve.M. ins close partnership with Anzolo Fu...

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Raffaele Ferro

Master glassblower at the MVM Cappellin & Co. firm. He exhibited his creations in 1927 at the III International Biennale of Figurative Arts in Monza.

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Piero Fornasetti

Born in Milan in 1913 where he died in 1988. After having studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and at the Higher School of Applied Art, he joined the artists of the "Gruppo Novecento". In...

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Lucio Fontana

Lucio Fontana

Born in Rosario de Santa Fe' (Argentina) in 1899, he died in 1968 in Comabbio (Varese, Italy).He atttended the Brera Academy in Milan, during the 30s he got in touch with lombardic abstract artists...

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Gino Fort

In 1946 he has been one of the founding partners of the Gino Cenedese & Figlio firm.

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Anzolo Fuga

Anzolo Fuga

Born in Murano in 1915, he studied at the Carmini State Institute of Art in Venice with Guido Balsamo Stella . In 1939 he graduated in graphic arts, design and artistic stained glass. Together ...

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Mario Gambaro

Mario Gambaro

Born in Murano in 1941 and he has always lived and worked on the island. For the paste five generations, there has always been at least one important maestro in his family. He started his a...

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Luciano Gaspari

Luciano Gaspari

Born in Venice in 1913. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Venice and Bologna, he was a pupil of Virgilio Guidi and Giorgio Morandi. He participated in a number of Biennales.Luciano Gaspari is ...

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Emile Galle Portrait

Émile Gallé

  Emile Gallé was a French glassmaker and designer born in Nancy in 1846 and died there in 1904.  He was one of the most significant exponents of Art Nouveau.  He gained experience in his father’...

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Peggy Guggenheim

Peggy Guggenheim

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...

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