Antonio Cecchelin

Antonio Cecchelin was a Murano-based artist and decorator active in the second half of the twentieth century in the field of artistic glass. He worked in the decoration department of the Cenedese glassworks, one of the leading centers for glass decoration in Murano during that period. Within this department worked Begotti, a key figure in the Murano decorative school, who trained the majority of decorators active in the following years.

Cecchelin developed his work within this shared formative environment, pursuing a personal research focused on painting on glass and on decorative enrichment through the use of gold. His production is characterized by a refined, miniaturistic language, in continuity with the Venetian tradition of the relationship between glass, painting, and goldsmithing.

Decorated globe and plate – Private collection, Lorenzato

He also collaborated on experimental works involving inclusions in glass together with Pino Signoretto. In the same Cenedese workshop worked decorators such as Bravin, Ghisetti—considered among the most skilled miniaturists—and Nicoletta Onesto, all of whom were trained under the guidance of Begotti in the Cenedese decoration department.

His works are held in numerous private and public collections in Italy and abroad, and he was exhibited in major museum and institutional venues, including Ca’ Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern Art in Venice, the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the Ducal Palace of Urbino, and the Corning Museum of Glass in New York. He participated in international exhibitions and shows in Europe and Japan.

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