Vetreria Aureliano Toso

Vetreria Aureliano Toso

The firm was founded in 1938 by Aureliano Toso, who right from the start was able to cooperate with the painter Dino Martens, whose qualities as a designer he had already appreciated. The first imp...

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Giuliano Ballarin

Giuliano Ballarin

Master Giuliano Ballarin was born in Murano on March 15, 1942 in a family whose tradition of glassmaking has been handed down from generation to generation since 1400. He approaches the w...

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Flavio Barbini

Son of Alfredo Barbini , he was born in Murano in 1948. He studied at the Carmini State Institute of Art in Venice. In 1968 he joined his father's firm, and he still works there as ...

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Guglielmo Barbini Portrait Murano History of Glass

Guglielmo Barbini

Born in Murano on 13 May 1898 to Vincenzo Barbini and Anna Fuga, he descends from an ancient family of Murano glassmakers who, for more than five centuries, worked in the various sectors of the isl...

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Barovier & Toso

Barovier & Toso

The glasswork, founded in 1878, went through various circumstances before taking the current name of Barovier & Toso in 1942.Owned by the Barovier family, together with more or less long-standi...

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Dedoli Barovier

Master glassblower at the Venini & C. firm. In 1928 he exhibited some of his objects at the XVI Venice Biennale.

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Angelo Barovier (1927)

Angelo Barovier (1927)

Ercole's son, he was born in Venice in 1927. He studied laws at the Universities of Padua and Ferrara (Italy). In 1947 he started working at Barovier & Toso's and in 1951 he became a desig...

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Diego Barovier

As a Master glassblower he worked for Andrea Rioda & Co . and for the Cappellin Venini & C. Firms. While working for this last firm, he exhibited his executions a...

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Giuseppe Barovier

Giuseppe Barovier

Born in Murano in 1853 where he died in 1942. His career started with Antonio Salviati , his friend during the studying period. Still very young, he joined the C.V.M. Compagni...

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Ercole Barovier

Ercole Barovier

Son of Benvenuto, he was born in Murano in 1889 where he died in 1974. In 1919 he joined as a partner the Vetreria Artistica Barovier & Co., and in 1926 he gained the direction position toget...

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Jacopo Barovier

Jacopo Barovier

Ercole's son, he was born in Venice in 1950. He studied economics and business, joined Barovier & Toso's to take care of administration and became its general manager.

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Nicolò Barovier

Nicolò Barovier

Born in Murano in 1895, where he died in 1947. The son of Benvenuto Barovier , Nicolò Barovier was both an entrepreneur and a designer. He and his brother, Ercole Bar...

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Howard Ben Tré

Howard Ben Tré

Howard Ben Tré is internationally recognized for his unique sculptures and large-scale works of art for public and private spaces. Ben Tré is a pioneer in the use of cast glass as a sculptu...

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Umberto Bellotto

Umberto Bellotto

Born in Venice in 1882 where he died in 1940. He inherited his father's blacksmith's workshop and in 1910, together with the architect Cesare Laurenti, he was awared the patent for the ...

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Ward Bennet

Ward Bennet

USA - November 17, 1917 – August 13, 2003He was an American designer, artist and sculptor.The New York Times described his work as defining "an era".He created furniture, flatware, dresses, jewelr...

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Benvenuto Barovier

Benvenuto Barovier

Born in Murano in 1855 and died in Vallada Agordina (Italy, Bl) in 1932. He became a Master at Salviati & Co. In 1873 he has been among the founders of the F.lli Baro...

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Aldo Bergamini

Aldo Bergamini

Aldo Bergamini was born in Bottrighe (Rovigo) on May 14, 1903 and died in Venice on February 11, 1981. Self-taught, he frequently exhibited his paintings up to 1927. Although he had wo...

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Eugene Berman

Eugene Berman

Born in St. Petersburg Nov 4th 1899. Studied at the Ranson Academy in Paris with Maurice Denis and Edouard Vuillard from 1919 to 1925. He moved to the U.S. in 1940 and took up U.S....

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