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Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig Seating

Italian, 1896-1945

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. 

On 1stDibs, find vintage Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig seating, tables, and case pieces.

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Creator: Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig
Chair by Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig, 1938
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Poltrona con Pouf Giuseppe Pagano 1938 (Arredi Bocconi Milano)
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Poltrona e Pouf Razionalisti disegnati da Giuseppe Pagano nel 1938 per arredare gli interni dell' Università Bocconi di Milano. Il set è stato restaurato a nuovo, sia nei legni che ...
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Gino Levi Montalcini & Giuseppe Pagano, Curved Back Armchair, c. 1928
By Gino Levi-Montalcini, Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig
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1950s Italian bench made of iron frame and rush wickerwork by Giuseppe Pagano
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Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig. 'Bocconi' Armchairs, Italy, 1940s
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Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig. 'Bocconi' Sofa, Italy, 1940s
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Midcentury Italian Club Chair by Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig, 1940s
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Restored Living Room Suite by Giuseppe Pagano for Bocconi University, c 1940s
By Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig
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Arm Chair by Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig and Gino Maggioni, Italy 1940s
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Curved Laminated Wood Armchair in Green Cashmere by Giuseppe Pagano, c. 1940s
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Rare set consisting of an armchair and a small table designed in the mid-40s by giuseppe pagano pogatschnig for gino maggioni, for the Bocconi university in Milan. structure in cu...
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Giuseppi Pagano, Art Deco, Armchairs, Ottomans, Taupe, Bentwood, Italy, 1939
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"Bocconi" by Giuseppe Pagano Rationalist Design Plywood Armchair and Stool
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Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig seating for sale on 1stDibs.

Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig seating are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig seating, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original seating by Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig were created in the mid-century modern style in italy during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider seating by Paolo Deganello, Silvio Coppola, and Dino Gavina. Prices for Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig seating can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,528 and can go as high as $12,100, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,800.

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