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Best Craftsman Fornasetti

Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988) was anbased on illusionism and architectural
Italian painter, sculptor, designer,per spectives. He particularly liked the
craftsman, engraver, and compulsivejuxtaposition of elaborate themes on
collector of printed ephemera. Aordinary objects and could find
precursor to pop-art and an exemplar ofinspiration in and add artistic
a post-modernism which would not beexpression to an array of everyday
named for decades hence. Prolific anditems: hats, waistcoats, pipes,
unafraid of the utilitarian he createdashtrays, chairs, plates, cabinets,
tens-of-thousands of objects in hispianos, shops, cars and even ocean
lifetime. Perhaps most recognized forliners. Fornasetti also used variations
his Themes and Variations series (whichof the sun, playing cards, fish and
reworked a single image of opera singerflowers as recurring themes in his
Lina Cavalieri he found in a 19thpieces.
century French magazine over 500 times)Fornasetti played with vivid reds, blues
his works include porcelain and goldand yellows in his work, contrasting
plates, chairs, jars, tables, bureaus,them with his black-and-white pieces.
teapots, umbrellas, lamps, screens,One popular theme involves several
clothes, etc. Evidently he once said ofblack-and-white adaptations of a woman
his work: "I believe in neither periodsis face set against porcelain. In one
nor dates. I refuse to define the valuesketch, clouds surround the woman is
of an object in terms of its era."face; in others, she is winking or her
During his career, Fornasettiface is shrouded with a veil, leaving
established his own contemporary styleonly her large, piercing eyes.



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