Marcello Fantoni Unusual Modernist Ceramic Wall Plate, Italy 1950s

Marcello Fantoni Ceramic wall plaque, Depicting a Knight on a horse. Signed Fantoni. Italy 1950s

Marcello Fantoni early cubist vase, Italy 1950s Fully signed

Splendid French Vallauris 1950s Ceramic wall plate. Signed Pydt Vallauris.

Pair of Claudio Ferri ceramic vase, Italy, 1950s Measures: Left vase diameter 12 x height 41 cm. Right vase diameter 14 x height 32 cm.

Andrea D'Arienzo ceramic vase, Vietri, Italy 1950s.

Italian 1950s Biomorphic petrol blue Ceramic vase

Marcello Fantoni for Raymor ceramic shelf hanging person. Glazed Ceramic. Cat pictured sold separately.

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).

Ceramic vase by Marcello Fantoni, Italy, 1950s.

Italian modern vase created by Marcello Fantoni, circa 1960's. Vase measures 10.5" by 4" and is signed Fantoni, Italy on the bottom. In very good vintage 1960's condition.

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...