Glass

Alfredo Barbini

Alfredo Barbini

Born in 1912 on Murano and one of the leading Glass artists of the twentieth century. His parents were members of families which had been prominent in the glassmaking industry on Murano for generations as glassblowers and beadmakers.

Tomaso Buzzi

Tomaso Buzzi

Architect and designer. Born in Sondrio, and graduated in Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, he worked in the field of architecture, interiors, graphic design, set design and applied arts.

Afro Celotto

Afro Celotto

Born on Burano in 1963. Became at the age of 14 the apprentice of the legendary Lino Tagliapietra, one of the greatest living glass masters. His works are exhibited in the Best Galleries of the world.

C.V.M. - Compagnia Venezia Murano

C.V.M. - Compagnia Venezia Murano

Founded in 1877, dealing with the most prestigious firms (like French glass, Galle and Daum) and dealt with products of the main Murano glass factories, often marking the items in acid with the letters C.V.M. surmounted by a crown.

Walter Furlan

Walter Furlan

Born near Venice in 1931, Walter Furlan took apprenticeship with Mamaracio Gino Forte and Flavio Poli at their glassworks, to sculpt glass 'a massello', a technique which infuses colour into pure crystal.

Bernhard Heesen

Bernhard Heesen

Bernhard Heesen’s style expresses his almost shy sensitivity, his distinctive sense of humor, and the anarchic pleasure he derives from daily life.

Willem Heesen

Willem Heesen

Willem Heesen (Utrecht 1925-2007) was one of the pioneers of free glass art. Many museums all-over the world have purchased work by Heesen.

Pavel Hlava

Pavel Hlava

Pavel Hlava (1924-2003) was one of the pioneers of Modern Czech Glass. He had an extensive education and experience in art, design and glass techniques.

Carlo Moretti

Carlo Moretti

Established in 1958 by Carlo and Giovanni Moretti, it represents a unique occurrence on the island of glass, mingling entrepreneurship and authorship in the works of art.

Ermanno Nason

Ermanno Nason

Born on Murano in 1928 and one of the most talented glass artist ever. Working with the greatest artist in the world, like Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore.

Luigi Onesto

Luigi Onesto

Born in Murano. Luigi’s work is characterized by his exceptionally skillful use of the sommerso technique: layering of multiple colors of glass for a very distinctive and beautiful effect.

Antonio Da Ros

Antonio Da Ros

Born in Venice. He joined Cenedese's in 1958 as art director and under his art direction, the factory developed various decorative lines of contemporary design at the highest standards of Glass.

Laura de Santillana

Laura de Santillana

Born in Venice, Laura attended the School of Visuals Arts in New York. She returned to her hometown to start an active collaboration with Vetreria Venini & Co, founded by her grandfather Paolo Venini.

Ludovico Diaz de Santillana

Ludovico Diaz de Santillana

Born in Rome (1931-1989). He gave a great expansion to the glass in architecture and he opened Venini’s furnaces and Murano’s secrets to the young americans, with a sensitive equilibrium between crafts, design and industry.

Seguso Vetri d’Arte

Seguso Vetri d’Arte

Seguso Vetri d’Arte (antonio seguso ) founded in 1933, quickly became one of the most important glass furnaces in Murano.

Archimede Seguso

Archimede Seguso

Born on the island of Murano. Shy, brilliant and quite distinguished, Archimede Seguso was a man of intellect, yet at the same time, he used the art of glass making to express himself.

Giampaolo Seguso

Giampaolo Seguso

Born in 1942 in Venice. Founded together with his sons Seguso Viro glass.

Livio Seguso

Livio Seguso

Born in 1930 in Murano, where he still works, and now living in Venice. Characterized by his strong artistic sensitivity, turned to plastic forms, and his interest in contemporary sculpture.

Pino Signoretto

Pino Signoretto

A leading Glass artist in Murano for over twenty years. Signoretto trained in the school of the great master Barbini and with other masters such as Livio Seguso, Ermanno Nason, Angelo Seguso.

Silvano Signoretto

Silvano Signoretto

Silvano Signoretto. The Signoretto family is world-renowned, having created marvelous glass sculptures for the last 40 years.

Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass

Ettore Sottsass Jr. (Innsbruck, September 14, 1917 -Milano, December 30, 2007) was an architect, designer and founder of the Menphis design group and a very important consultant for Olivetti.

Lorenzo Tartari-Marty

Lorenzo Tartari-Marty

Tartari Lorenzo in art Marty was born in Ferrara on 8 March 1957, in the early 1980s he went to Murano for a collaboration with Stefano Mattiello, then he worked with masters such as: Livio Serena and Bruno Fornasier.

Ermanno Toso

Ermanno Toso

Fratelli Toso collection is one of the most beautiful in Murano: it includes incredible masterpieces realized by the collaboration between the best glass masters and talented artists and designers.

Oscar Zanetti

Oscar Zanetti

One of his ancestors, Abbott Zanetti, was the founder of The Museo del Vetro (Museum of Glass) and opened the Scuola del Vetro (Glass School) in XIXth Century.