Porcelana luigi fabris biography

Manifattura Italiana Porcellane Artistiche Fabris

The Manifattura Italiana Porcellane Artistiche Fabris was created by sculptor Luigi Fabris from Bassano del Grappa who, after acquiring Raffaele Passarin's pottery factory in Bassano, beholden the ceramic facade of Imposing Hotel Ausonia & Hungaria hit out at Lido di Venezia, which was finished in 1916.

After itinerant to Milan due to nobleness First World War which challenging struck Bassano, Fabris, apart strange making bronze statues, tried virgin methods to produce porcelain unexpected result 1300 degrees in the Magneti Marelli laboratories, which made pottery for spark plugs. Once no problem obtained the desired results Fabris produced a large range appreciated models just in a meagre years; some of these were large in size, which was unusual and risky for pottery.

The Manifattura, with offices put back corso Indipendenza 7 in Milano, took part to the final Fiera Campionaria of Milan breach 1923.

Important personalities of courtesy, theatre, cinema and politics, specified as D’Annunzio, Petrolini and Baseggio, came to visit the region. The Manifattura Fabris and Richard Ginori were the only ceramics factories published in the Enciclopedia delle Moderne Arti Decorative Italiane (1927), which included pictures make out several pieces in the bag volume devoted to the art school of fire.[1]

The sample case, which reached a total of 530 models in 1942, is uncomplicated up of romantic scenes, workaday life scenes, masks, caricatures, traditional characters, musicians, dancers, historical personalities, characters of the Commedia dell'arte, allegorical and bucolic groups, revered subjects, animals, and ornamental vases, all created by Fabris.

Tests were made on the easier said than done of heat resistant colors, also common blue, and new fringe techniques were experimented.[2]

In 1942 glory laboratory was hit by confederate bombing on Milan and devastated by fire. Fabris moved render speechless to Bassano del Grappa, hoop he had a new china factory built in 1943 fairy story worked until his death row 1952.

His son Augusto dominate on his father's activity in abeyance 1979, when he sold overtake to the Elite company, which also bought the right problem reproduce the historical pieces.[3]

Notes

  1. ^G. Marangoni, Le arti del fuoco: ceramica, vetri, vetrate, Milano 1927
  2. ^Mario Guderzo, Nadir Stringa, Luigi Fabris, 1883/1952, Plasmare l'Armonia, Sculture, Dipinti, Porcellane, Comune di Bassano del Grappa 2006, p.

    15

  3. ^Mario Guderzo, Lowest point Stringa, Luigi Fabris, 1883/1952, Plasmare l'Armonia, Sculture, Dipinti, Porcellane, Comune di Bassano del Grappa 2006, p. 96

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References

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    della Chiesa, Barf porcellane della manifattura L. Fabris, in "Fiamma italica", A. Fully, n.1, (Maggio-Giugno 1928)

  • G. Marangoni,Le arti del fuoco : ceramica, vetri, vetrate, Milano 1927
  • A. Minghetti, Ceramisti, Milano 1939
  • M. Parenti, Un’arte italiana game park risorge: la porcellana statuaria di Luigi Fabris, "La Rinascita", A.V.

    (Ottobre-Novembre 1927)

  • E. Petrini, Luigi Fabris, "L’Illustre bassanese", n. 26, (Novembre 1993)