Crucifix - Faience - 1950-1960 - Pietro Melandri

Rarest high-relief crucifix tile, out of production, made and signed by Pietro Melandri. Pietro Melandri was born in Faenza in 1885, and is among the most important Italian ceramists of the 20th century. Pietro Melandri In 1921, the year he participated with several ceramics in the First Rome Biennale, he founded together with businessman Umberto Focaccia the factory "Melandri-Focaccia". In 1925 they were present at the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and in 1930 at the Triennale of Monza. In 1933 he participated with some ceramics in the Triennale of Milan. Awarded at the Milan Triennale of Art in 1936, in 1937 he achieved great success at the Paris Exposition Universelle where he was recognized as the most important Italian ceramicist and where he was awarded the Grand Prize. In the postwar period Melandri, with whom the leading figures of 20th-century ceramics collaborated over the years, gave life to a rich and original production that, while drawing on Faenza ceramic tradition, is full of a strong and compelling modernity that makes him one of the great master ceramicists of the century. Pietro Melandri, who remained active until the age of 86, died in Faenza in 1976. Dimensions: 25.5 cm x 16 cm Excellent condition Insured and tracked shipping

Estimate:$392.15

View all items fromCatawikiorMiscellaneous