Giuseppe Rivadossi Decorative Objects

This sculpture is signed Consagra, who was a very prolific and renowned international Italian sculptor; no longer living. Sculptor, he began his career by joining the Forma 1 Grou...

In Greek mythology, Medusa, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone. Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero...

3-645 Eye catching hand painted yellow and black Majolica ceramic Cheetah jug/pitcher A cool accent to any kitchen or to be use as a serving pitcher. Lovely as part of a ceramic co...

Vintage ceramic sculpture "Old man and Boy" by Giuseppe Armani for Capodimonte made in Italy in the 1970s. The sculpture has the origin...

Terracotta figurine, hand painted, Italy, 1975, It has always belonged to my family. Purchased in Caltagirone, a Sicilian town known for the production of terracotta and ceramics. ...

A beautiful Venetian abstract solid walnut "Forcola (Oarlock)" sculpture by Giuseppe Carli, circa 1972. Carli is recognized as one of Venice, Italy's foremost "Remeri", an elite grou...

An exquisite fusion of function and artistry, born from the hands of Italian artisans and the creative genius of the designer Piero Manara from Casamanara...

In Greek mythology, Medusa, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone. Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero...

Rare and unique brutalist bar cabinet decorated with hand carved bear. Koncz Vilmos (1932 – 2006). He started painting at the age of 30, using the following techniques: charcoal, pastel, oil. He has had solo exhibitions eight times in Budapest, and his works have been featured in seventeen group exhibitions worldwide. He was an experimental creator. Its more than 420 works include glass mosaics, terracotta, copper embossing and furniture carving. After his death, most of his oeuvre was “lost”. A decade and a half passed from painting to the first carvings. Middle Eastern and African culture had a major impact on his further artistic work. Traveled and created in Baghdad, Kuwait, Beirut and Tanzania. He became acquainted with the ancient folk art of the Makonde tribe, with carvings of ebony and ivory, which changed his creative career. When he made an authentic bracelet out of ivory, decorated with African motifs, the members of the tribe welcomed him among themselves. He became the tribe’s "Mister Vili." An exhibition of his painted paintings was held at the Kilimanjaro Hotel. He learned the machining of copper from the Arabs and the making of glass mosaics, and the tricks of jewelry making from the Hindus. He had forty large sculptures erected in various settlements of Hungary, mostly multi-field, made with a circular carving technique. Everything from ornaments on the table to the three-meter-high monument was found in his oeuvre. The Tiszakürt Arboretum also houses two wooden sculptures made of circular carvings: Tasso and the Tanzanian family tree. Donated works of his hometown: the 1956 headboard, the “Jászok” and “Kunok” (Old Hungarian Tribes), the “Flute”, the “Kolompolás” (Ringing the Bell) and the “Winged Altar”. In the 1980s, he also made carvings for the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden. His Ars Poetic was: “I do what I love, which drives from within, because I want to leave marks behind that I once existed and perhaps not uselessly” (2002). The term "Brutalist" originated from Le Corbusier’s Cité...

This captivating display cabinet, adorned with a male and female pair of pheasants, reflects the aesthetic charm of the 1960s. While details about the designer and manufacturer are u...

Sculpture décorative contemporaine – pièce unique

Large antique plaster sculpture Giuseppe Garibaldi made in Italy in the 1910-1920s. Giuseppe Garibaldi - Italian military commander, revolutionary and politician. National hero of ...