Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
An accomplished architect, exhibition designer, furniture maker and magazine editor, Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig helped direct Italy’s rationalist architectural movement until his death near the end of World War II. Wounded twice and captured twice in World War I, Pogatschnig left military service to work as the editor and director of Casabella architecture magazine and went on to design the V Milan Triennale and VI Milan Triennale alongside fellow Italian architect Gio Ponti.
Originally born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now modern-day Croatia, Pogatschnig studied Italian in Trieste before joining the Italian army to serve in the First World War. After that harrowing and traumatic experience, he became a founding member of the first Fascist Party in Parenzo. In 1924, he graduated from Turin Polytechnic with an architecture degree and began designing bridges, pavilions and buildings, including the Gualino office complex, in Turin. Nearing 1928, Pogatschnig began work on pavilions for the Turin International Exhibition.
Pogatschnig’s involvement in the V and VI Milan Triennales stand today as some of his greatest contributions to Italian architecture. He held full control over the design of the latter exhibition, in 1936, which led to the opportunity to design many of the interiors of the Italian Pavilion at the Paris Expo the following year.
Pogatschnig’s reputation as an architect and designer were overshadowed only by his outspoken nature as an editor. By 1942, he openly criticized the Italian regime and left the Fascist Party to join the resistance a year later. These activities led to his capture, imprisonment and escape from Brescia in 1944. Ultimately, Pogatschnig was recaptured, tortured and transferred across prisons to Austria’s Mauthausen concentration camp, where he died on April 22, 1945, less than a month before the end of fighting in Europe.
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Beech, Bentwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Walnut
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Fabric, Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Walnut
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Fabric, Cotton, Linen, Wood
20th Century Italian Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Plastic
20th Century Italian Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Plastic
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Fabric, Wood
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Plywood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Velvet, Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Beech, Bentwood
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Bouclé, Wood
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Sheepskin, Beech
1940s French Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Leather
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Teak
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Velvet, Beech
1930s European Industrial Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Brass
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wool, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century Belgian Régence Antique Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Oak
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wool, Beech
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Fabric, Wool, Bouclé, Oak
20th Century Italian Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Bentwood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rattan, Wood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Plywood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Straw, Rope
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wicker, Wood
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Rope, Beech
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wicker, Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Walnut
1940s Italian Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wicker, Wood
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Leather, Bentwood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Furniture
Wood