Galileo Chini Vases

Ceramic vases by Galileo Chini, 1910s. Signed under the base. Biography Galileo Chini (Florence, 1873 – Florence, 1956) is an artist with a unique profile in the panorama of Italian art between the 19th and 20th centuries. A Tuscan personality, multifaceted and precocious, he firmly believed in the union of arts and crafts and in their fundamental role in the redevelopment of the area. Trying his hand at every aspect of art, he was a painter with a strong personality, ranging from Symbolism to Divisionism to the darkest and most expressionist final phase, a great decorator, a sublime ceramist, an illustrator, a set designer, but also an urban planner and a man of great civic commitment. As a ceramist he founded the factory “L'Arte della Ceramica” and later “Le Fornaci San Lorenzo” together with his cousin Chino in the town of Borgo San Lorenzo, a few kilometers from Florence, introducing Art Nouveau into the Italian tradition. As a set designer he was also linked to Giacomo Puccini, who called him in 1918 for the world premiere of Gianni Schicchi at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and again for the sets of the world premiere of Turandot, staged in 1926 at “La Scala” in Milan under the direction of Arturo Toscanini. An artist of international standing, he participated in all the major international exhibitions (London, Brussels, Ghent, St. Petersburg among others) and in Italy in the Venetian Biennials and the Roman Quadrennials. He decorated important public and private buildings, and in 1911 he left for Siam, called by King Rama V...

Majolica terracotta painted with polychrome enamels with a female profile in the act of singing, with circular earring and tulips. Under the base, crossed hands painted in blue, circa 1900. Biography Galileo Andrea Maria Chini was an Italian painter, decorator, graphic designer and ceramist, among the protagonists of the Liberty style in Italy. In Florence in 1896 he founded the "Arte della Ceramica" factory (later renamed Manifattura di Fontebuoni) together with Giovanni Vannuzzi, Giovanni Montelatici...

Salted stoneware vase with monochrome decorations in blue and white, depicting phytomorphic and floral elements and stylized birds. Fornaci San Lorenzo ...