Marcello Fantoni Vase

Marcello Fantoni (Italian, 1915 - 2011) pair of 1950's sculptural lamps in torch-cut and patinated sheet steel bottles on chipped-edge round marble bases. Marked "Italy". Imported ...

A rare and extraordinary sculptured and patinated steel table lamp by celebrated Italian ceramist Marcello Fantoni. Asymmetrical form (like a leg of lamb or Parma ham!). Stamped on t...

Marcello Fantoni (Italian, 1915 - 2011) architectural brazed wire tabletop or wall mount sculpture of a church. Signed Fantoni Firenze Italy on metal tag.

Marcello Fantoni (Italian, 1915 - 2011) Brutalist Copper Sculpture, "Still Life", Signed on base “Fantoni Firenze” “Raymor”

Monumental ceramic vase by Marcello Fantoni signed and numbered for Raymor ,tall and fluted at crème top with black glaze dripping down over a ...

A fantastic studio vase by Marcello Fantoni, Italian, (born 1915).

Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) sculptor, ceramicist, metalworker, multi-media artist and designer Born in Florence in 1915, Marcello Fantoni began studying ceramic art at age 12 at the Art Institute of Florence with ceramicist Carlo Guerrini, artistic director of the famed Cantagalli Factory. He continued years of training in ceramics and the arts, including sculpture with Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti, and figurative art with Gianni Vagnetti, graduating as a maestro of art in 1934. After a stint as art director for a ceramics factory in Perugia, in 1936 he opened the Fantoni Ceramic Studio in Florence. Here he produced ceramic series as well as unique pieces, sculptures and furnishings. In 1937 Fantoni’s pieces were exhibited in the Florence National Arts and Crafts Exhibit where their unique combination of rustic forms decorated with African and marine motifs and painted figures garnered considerable acclaim. By the start of World War II Fantoni’s melding of ancient Italian pottery techniques with decidedly Modernist elements had won him artistic and commercial success both in Italy and abroad. Having participated in the resistance, after the War Fantoni worked for the 500-year old Maiolica factory in Deruta, Umbria, renowned for its signature tin-glazed pottery. In the 1950s he refocused on his Florence studio, dedicating himself to larger sculptural pieces...

A cylindrical vase by Marcello Fantoni. It is ceramic partially enveloped in leather. The leather creates a reveal for a stylish woman to appear looking out directly at the viewer....