Fornasetti’s work, fusing Surrealism and Neo Classicism, isenjoying a major revival, and his black, white and gold plates depictingportraits of the enigmatic, saucer eyed, alabaster skinned 19th century beautyLina Cavalieri, are a memorable standard of his work. This pile only has36 motifs, are 9 inches in calibre w/ a 24kt gold lean verge and was alicense in which the designs were produced by Rosenthal in Germany
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Fornasetti’s work, fusing Surrealism and Neo Classicism, is enjoyinga major revival, and his black, white and gold plates depicting portraits ofthe enigmatic, saucer eyed, alabaster skinned 19th century allure LinaCavalieri, are a catchy standard of his job Perfect as a capacity forconnoisseurs of marking or dinner side hosts who enjoy forging a splash.
Roughly translating as Variations on a Theme, each piece ofchina is decorated with an badge of a beautiful 19th century woman, LinaCavalieri that he had once practical in a magazine. So haunted was Fornasetti by herimage that he created over five hundred variations on her guise Some are morestraightforward depictions, others comrade features and some are very muchin the Surrealist mould.
Piero Fornasetti was given a letters in 1930 to studypainting at the Milan Accademia di Belle Arti but was expelled in 1932. Afterthat, Piero Fornasetti continued to paint in Milanand further dabbled in sculpture, crafts, and interior device PieroFornasetti was influenced by both Surrealism and pittura metafisica butdeveloped a highly distinctive, eclectic practice informed by his enthusiasm forthe goodly art of Italy’spast In crafts design, Piero Fornasetti did not confine himself to theNovecento motifs that were inspired by Neo Classicism; instead he added Early Renaissanceornament and representational motifs to the repertoire with which heembellished textiles, furniture, porcelain plates, vessels, and similarobjects The job Piero Fornasetti showed at the 1933 Milan Triennale includedpainted silk scarves, which attracted the order of designer Gio Ponti
In successive years, Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetticollaborated on numerous projects In 1950 Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasettidesigned the interior of the Casino in San Remo.In 1952 Ponti and Fornasetti created the haunting interiors of the greattransatlantic liner “Andrea Doria” For the “Architettura”line in furniture designed by Gio Ponti, Piero Fornasetti created architecturalmotifs as figure In 1951 Piero Fornasetti and Gio Ponti showed this furnitureat the Milan Triennale Piero Fornasetti alsodesigned furniture himself, decorating it with trompe-l’oeil paintings ofmusical instruments or vast suns. The woman’s exterior he used to shroud the”Tema e Variazioni” series became Piero Fornasetti’s signatureornament In 1970 Piero Fornasetti opened a shop in Milan,where aficionados of his playful, imaginative designs can passive levy them.
This stack only has 36 motifs, are 9 inches in diameterw/ a 24kt gold skinny limits and was a license in which the designs were producedby Rosenthal in GermanyThis former year we had thousands of emails to purchase the Rosenthal FornasettiJulia series which is no longer in production. eTableTop is now offering thevery last of the USinventory we purchased as an exclusive present to our customers These items willbe sold in a top come, elite serve cause Please purchase on online http://wwwetabletop.com
