Located in Asti, Piemonte
Ceramic panel by Eliseo Salino for Ceramiche Giuseppe Mazzotti, Albisola Marina, Italy 1960.
Ceramic size 120 cm x 84 cm. Velvet coated panel size 175 cm x 127 cm. Total depth 15 cm.
Biography
Sculptor and decorator was born in Albisola Superiore on August 12, 1919.
After studying in Faenza, he began working as a ceramist, as an apprentice formist, at Giuseppe Mazzotti's "MGA" factory in Albisola in 1934.
In 1937 he was present at the Agonali of the Opera Nazionale Balilla in Savona
He subsequently attended ceramics courses at the Inter University Institute of Faenza where he obtained a scholarship to the Brera Academy.
He produces, in collaboration with Torido Mazzotti, works in the Futurist style, often hand-shaped, caricatural and rich in a sense of humor, in majolica terracotta and hand-painted. In the late 1930s he came into contact with Salvatore Fancello and Francesco Messina, who worked at "MGA" and with them he studied the subject in depth. In 1939 Eliseo Salino moved to Tuscany and in 1941 he was awarded at the III° Faenza Competition with the sculpture "Mucca" and at the IV Milan Triennale. His activity was interrupted by the war events and after the war, in 1947, he returned to Albisola and became artistic director of the "ICA" factory, holding this position until 1957. In 1953 he received new awards at the XI° Faenza Competition.
In June 1954 he participated, with other Ligurian ceramists, in the group exhibition held at the Galleria Savonese S. Andrea by Silvio Sabatelli In 1958 he became co-owner, together with Mario Pastorino and Giovanni Poggi, of the "San Giorgio" ceramic factory based in Corso Matteotti, Albissola Marina, in the premises of the former "Manifattura Ceramiche Italia".
In 1961 some decorative panels created by Eliseo Salino for the "San Giorgio" were awarded at the Albisola Festival and in 1967 he exhibited some vases at the Crafts Exhibition in Florence. In the same year, together with Giovanni Poggi, he exhibited at the Galleria d'arte S. Andrea. In 1968 he created a large nativity...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures