tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31311538173181798002024-03-21T13:56:29.243-07:00Marcello FantoniJean-Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14262371568666921851noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131153817318179800.post-72379095407722987572011-08-06T13:30:00.000-07:002011-08-06T13:30:12.065-07:00Centauri -1961<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqxEyepL639e3fBR7ylfG1zAmMFU9bcDshFalRgtAicz029_qV77F13CilmU_qTKLtNZFilozW-Kx7l_tZJIdAgt7lgWWazz8dvmpYZKPNKMaAyY3N12uvNn6IhHwaK9hoa1J8qOhQJE/s1600/satiro.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqxEyepL639e3fBR7ylfG1zAmMFU9bcDshFalRgtAicz029_qV77F13CilmU_qTKLtNZFilozW-Kx7l_tZJIdAgt7lgWWazz8dvmpYZKPNKMaAyY3N12uvNn6IhHwaK9hoa1J8qOhQJE/s320/satiro.jpeg" width="226" /></a></div>Jean-Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14262371568666921851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131153817318179800.post-74826824775853392992011-08-04T05:32:00.000-07:002011-08-04T05:32:40.653-07:00THE MASTER PASSED AWAY - RIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSe8kZw61dkQ7lxJogtm5syGrXK4CvucFde3-r9ITXV4TAoxzZFbOcEvJR1Daahu312EIHrSsxTdiEFSxXttu_S1O5Sh8kM5J4YtsrMAmumuGkrOVJozhfJ0wS_Xg4nj-JteKdMs_vM8/s1600/Fantoni-8-2011.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSe8kZw61dkQ7lxJogtm5syGrXK4CvucFde3-r9ITXV4TAoxzZFbOcEvJR1Daahu312EIHrSsxTdiEFSxXttu_S1O5Sh8kM5J4YtsrMAmumuGkrOVJozhfJ0wS_Xg4nj-JteKdMs_vM8/s320/Fantoni-8-2011.png" width="133" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Mater passed away on August 3, 2011.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have lost an exceptional artist - a true Master of Beauty.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All our thoughts are with his family and friends.</span></b></div>Jean-Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14262371568666921851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131153817318179800.post-67710984826639076292010-10-29T21:04:00.000-07:002010-10-29T21:04:59.381-07:00Glazed Creamic Three-Element Vase - 1956<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-O1nJ-zwiAX_ePhidzFrAxXaYtNmgRlbHaG9gXt-6aJliYN79fpDJhLIZpLoWsWEeu_V2y-CCKV5ocvEEy3MBtb0Y6GNs1tUJr-piZAYmcFrZOIRMFyYbXhUTQYD7Lsog4TnW7Ho8kk/s1600/3+piece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-O1nJ-zwiAX_ePhidzFrAxXaYtNmgRlbHaG9gXt-6aJliYN79fpDJhLIZpLoWsWEeu_V2y-CCKV5ocvEEy3MBtb0Y6GNs1tUJr-piZAYmcFrZOIRMFyYbXhUTQYD7Lsog4TnW7Ho8kk/s320/3+piece.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Courier, monospace; font-size: 17px; line-height: 27px;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Marcello Fantoni</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"A Glazed Creamic Three-Element Vase"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1956 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from Barbara Jakobson Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sold at Christie's (2008)</div>Jean-Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14262371568666921851noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131153817318179800.post-25802614627149228032010-10-27T06:03:00.000-07:002010-10-28T05:16:01.420-07:00SATIRO INNAMORATO - Antiques Roadshow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVLziaxnQBHfBkkZvT5-wEjf56VRpyP8ioDddCqsURxC2s3hbcCUBOsGVahrfOG39oQTuR5sjXwxq5mFOCzVSutgmUv9C_rOP9tBMExHjH4TI1AOl2RZUi1bystaU_GeXVOeOKcvp7DE/s1600/wa200706A49_00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVLziaxnQBHfBkkZvT5-wEjf56VRpyP8ioDddCqsURxC2s3hbcCUBOsGVahrfOG39oQTuR5sjXwxq5mFOCzVSutgmUv9C_rOP9tBMExHjH4TI1AOl2RZUi1bystaU_GeXVOeOKcvp7DE/s320/wa200706A49_00.jpg" width="320" /></span></span></b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxQxnLBOtBH3mNdW0tn60lhWXmQ_yk2wFI0bu0ru6pAb1FKRTtRouxtU4ezWFokdu2npd8nQzSSgWdvibmAJQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></span></b></u></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Appraised in Las Vegas, Nevada</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">By Stuart Slavid (Skinner, Boston)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">August 2007 (aired May 2008)</span></span></div>Jean-Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14262371568666921851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131153817318179800.post-18190818718090571262010-10-11T17:09:00.000-07:002010-10-27T06:05:20.664-07:00MARCELLO FANTONI: Monographs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ceramica come arte. Marcello Fantoni, ceramista scultore</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Firenze, Salone delle Reali Poste</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">28 October-28 November 2000</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Text Italian and English</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Editor: Octavo</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Marcello Fantoni. Omaggio agli antenati</b></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Firenze, 2001</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Text Italian and English</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Editor: Polistampa</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Marcello Fantoni. Una bella forma con un bel colore</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fiesole, Museo e Area Archeologica</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 - 10 octobre 2005</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Text Italian and English</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Editor: De Paoli Edizioni D'Arte</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">__________________________________________________</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Mongraphs available for purchase at http://www.libroco.it/</span></i></span></span></span></span></div>Jean-Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14262371568666921851noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131153817318179800.post-23249193458804688782010-10-08T21:27:00.001-07:002010-10-11T19:15:17.621-07:00CERAMICS - 1950-1980<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Samples of Marcello Fantoni's art work from a recent auction </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">(Christie's, March 2009)</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxAGqQn39gqC6RGIq01dePkzg34g4xc6tbJU6WNv2Li6yuxaYrBVMNsEN_vscQoo4DuUA1SNxqOLRUFddNUlS7Ic3Cu1SzFUqZmNAjhQJhfJOOjRj51X1xmTP69m87Il4FjtVqdxuQws/s1600/d5185861l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxxAGqQn39gqC6RGIq01dePkzg34g4xc6tbJU6WNv2Li6yuxaYrBVMNsEN_vscQoo4DuUA1SNxqOLRUFddNUlS7Ic3Cu1SzFUqZmNAjhQJhfJOOjRj51X1xmTP69m87Il4FjtVqdxuQws/s320/d5185861l.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Three vases, 1960-1972 </b>(my personal collection!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzWUgLBXRYsmja1ISoTRuTYtdUTBe1E2JwO7PdW-BUNpClXNcjxvB0xAH66Owv0c052XkKa_pqTtKcpr7hHXD-ARWtgEYuokWWXx_abZU7SwsWFZ16CpClVYOmu6tmDLX-QHWiz3Ozmk/s1600/d5185893l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzWUgLBXRYsmja1ISoTRuTYtdUTBe1E2JwO7PdW-BUNpClXNcjxvB0xAH66Owv0c052XkKa_pqTtKcpr7hHXD-ARWtgEYuokWWXx_abZU7SwsWFZ16CpClVYOmu6tmDLX-QHWiz3Ozmk/s320/d5185893l.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Two vases and two jugs, 1968-1982</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
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Other teachers also contributed to his artistic formation including Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti in sculpture and Gianni Vagnetti in the figure. He graduated in '34 as a 'maestro' of art, and began working as a ceramist. In 1936, after having worked for a few months as the artistic director of a factory in Perugia, he established himself in the stables of Villa Fabbricotti in Florence and established the Fantoni Ceramic studio. Its production of serial and unique pieces had remarkable success at the Florentine Arts and Crafts Exhibit in '37, revealing itself in line with the most recent tendencies, so much so that at the beginning of hostilities his production had already received notable artistic and commercial attention in Italy and abroad. After the war years, when Fantoni was involved in the resistance, in '46 he began the creative and productive fervor that will allow him to enlarge his company, reaching at the beginning of the next decade the impressive size of over fifty collaborators. Among his employees there were many students who, in ceramics and other fields, would become excellent artisans and even famous artists. In the following decades, especially between '50 and '70, the success of his work continued to increase, his unique pieces of sculpture and vascular formations, characterized by a design in step with the contemporary artistic currents, like archaic stylization inspired by Etruscan models, rendered modern because of their modern handling of materials, glazes and colors. For this original spirit of modernity, his works entered in private collections and in the most important museums of the world: in the United States his works can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Art of Boston, the Currier Gallery, the Syracuse Museum. In Britain they are in the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, the City Art Gallery of Manchester, at Royal Scottish Museum of Edinburg. In Japan they are present at the Museum of Modern Art of Tokyo and Kyoto. In Italy they are represented at the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, the National Bargello Museum and at the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe of the Uffizi. In his long and versatile career, Fantoni has completed works for churches, public and private buildings, schools, cinemas, theaters and ships cementing himself in both figurative and abstract ceramics and various metals, and qualifying himself also in the field of medalism. In 1970 he founded the International School of Ceramic Arts at his laboratory in via Bolognese in Florence where he still resides.</span></span>Jean-Pierrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14262371568666921851noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131153817318179800.post-72512890859347558882010-10-08T20:59:00.000-07:002010-10-27T18:51:30.193-07:00MARCELLO FANTONI: an Italian Ceramist<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>This blog is dedicated to the art of Marcello Fantoni a very important Italian ceramist who celebrated his 95th birthday on October 1st 2010.</b></span><br />
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