Luciano Gaspari Decorative Objects

A large textured glass block sculpture by Luciano Gaspari for Salviati circa 1965 Mid Century modern brutalist style in abstract form with three pierced holes on a block base 11.5 ...

Green and Purple Glass Stemed Bowl by Luciano Gaspari for Salviati the stem bearing an etched signature on the underside: "Salviati Venezia" Italy:circa 1960 1913. Born in Venice on March 22 in a family of decorators. 1931. After attending the Institute of Art, he made his debut at the collective exhibition of the Opera Bevilacqua La Masa. 1932. He receives the prize for the younger painter at the XVII Venice Biennale. 1933. Student of Virgilio Guidi at the Academy of Fine Arts. 1935. He follows Guidi in Bologna. Here he attends the course of engraving techniques held by Giorgio Morandi, with whom he will remain in correspondence for a long time. 1936. Participates in the Rome Quadriennale and the Venice Biennale. 1937. After completing his studies in Bologna, he returns to Venice. 1938. Participates in the Venice Biennale. 1940. Participates in the Venice Biennale; becomes assistant to Giuseppe Cesetti...

Beautiful abstract Murano glass sculpture by the very well known Murano Master Luciano Gaspari .

Heavy modernist glass bull by Luciano Gaspari for Salviati. The bull is clear glass with a sommerso layer of yellow in the top portion. There are couple tin...

Incredible tall massive glass sculpture designed by Luciano Gaspari for Salviati, circa 1960's in clear glass, with a small corner chip on the bottom of the base as shown, can be gro...

Luciano Gaspari (1913-2007) for Salviati Abstract Glass Sculpture in a beautiful coloration of yellows and lighter and dark oranges, circa 1960s. Sculpture measures 18-1/4" high,...

Luciano Gaspari (1913-2007) was artistic director of Salviati from 1955-1968. He was the most award winning artist that came from Murano, Italy. His work is so highly collected today that finding a good piece for sale is so rare. His work has been exhibited in many prestigious Art Museums and remains in permanent collections worldwide. It is hard to let go of this piece as we collect all things brutalist. This piece from the early sixties is amazing for the brutalist design but even more desirable for the color combination of the glass! The olive glass for the sculpture sits on a aquamarine color cube base. It is spectacular. Luciano Gapari (1913-2007). His works are conserved not only in private collections but in Italian, European and American museums, such as the Gallerie d’Arte Moderna in Venice and Rome, the Museo del Vetro in Murano, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Musée Royal d’Art et d’Histoire in Liège, the Museums of Contemporary Art in Tel-Aviv and Caifa. The union between art, design and glass production – which arose in Murano during the 1920s and ‘30s, with the inventions first of Vittorio Zecchin and then of Carlo Scarpa – developed after the war in a fresh and different way. Totally new techniques were tried out, giving rise to such forms as “sommerso”, consisting of multiple, often coloured layers, “fumé”, corroded and iridescent surfaces, and solid glass. The idea that items of glasswork could be considered genuine and individual works of art began to make headway. In Venice in 1953 Egidio...

For your consideration is this rare "Elipse" glass sculpture by Luciano Gaspari for the House of Salviati which was distributed in the U.S. by Laurel Lamp Co. in the 1970s. The sculp...

Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown smoky grey color with green paint stroke Italian art glass sculpture. Documented to Luciano Gaspari for the Salviati company. Has a Modernist abst...

Between usual item and sculpture, this bottle is typical of Luciano Gaspari's work from the 1970s.    

Between usual item and sculpture, this bottle is typical of Luciano Gaspari's work from the 1970s.   

An stylized modern Murano glass sculpture by Gaspari for Salviati. Very clean lines and great color. Signed on bottom.