Fulvio Bianconi. Scozzese

FULVIO BIANCONI (Padua, 1915-1996) for VENINI.
Important “Scozzese” vase, model 4595, 1959.
Polychrome glass bands and “lattimo” threads.
Published in “Fulvio Bianconi at Venini”, Barovier and Sonego, p. 289.
Exhibited in the Bianconi exhibition at the Danese Gallery in Milan in 1958.
With Venini seal (barely noticeable).
Measurements: 28.5 x 12.5 x 9 cm.
“Scozzese” vase made of glass with large polychrome horizontal stripes crossed with red diagonal stripes. It has an inverted truncated conical body with a quadrangular base and rounded corners. Larger concave sides. This shape has been obtained with a special mold called “a thermos”.
Fulvio Bianconi moved with his family to Venice at the age of seven, where his natural talent for drawing allowed him to study at the Carmini School of Art and later at the Accademia di Belle Arti. He began his career as an apprentice in the Murano glass furnaces under the direction of Michael Pinto. He also worked with various Milan publishing houses (including Mondadori, Bompiani and Garzanti), as an illustrator and graphic designer. Bianconi met Paolo Venini in 1946, a meeting that led to his collaboration for several years with the Venini glass house, based in Murano, a pioneer in 20th century glass production. Bianconi's language for Venini was based on the use of bold colors and simple shapes, often organically inspired, such as the seductive Fazzoletto series (1948) and the multicolored Pezzati vases (1950), which evoke abstraction. His work can be found in numerous museums and institutions, including: Indianapolis Museum of Art; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; the New Zealand Museum, Wellington; the Stedilijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Victoria & Albert Museum in London; and, in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art; Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; and the Corning Museum of Glass.