Alfredo Barbini Murano Blown Glass Bottle Vase Design 1970s
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Bottle in blown glass,
design Alfredo BARBINI.
Murano, 70s
design Alfredo BARBINI.
Murano, 70s
TITLE
Bottle in blown glass,
design Alfredo BARBINI.
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design Alfredo BARBINI.
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ORIGIN
Murano
PERIOD
70s
DESIGNER
Alfredo BARBINI
(Murano, 1912 – 2007) was one of the protagonists of twentieth-century Murano glass. Born into a family of glassmakers, he entered the furnace at a very young age and quickly developed exceptional control of the material. Between the 1940s and 1950s, working first for Seguso and then in his own glass factory, he developed a personal style: compact masses of submerged glass, zoomorphic and abstract shapes crossed by an internal light that defines a sort of glass sculpture. His contribution is twofold. On the one hand it renews the Murano tradition without breaking it, bending classical techniques to a modern sensibility; on the other, it gives objects an almost narrative character, transforming fish, birds and stylized figures into crystallized micro-stories. It is this synthesis of artisan hand and plastic vocation that makes Barbini a central figure in the transition of glass from a decorative artefact to a true artistic medium of the 20th century.
(Murano, 1912 – 2007) was one of the protagonists of twentieth-century Murano glass. Born into a family of glassmakers, he entered the furnace at a very young age and quickly developed exceptional control of the material. Between the 1940s and 1950s, working first for Seguso and then in his own glass factory, he developed a personal style: compact masses of submerged glass, zoomorphic and abstract shapes crossed by an internal light that defines a sort of glass sculpture. His contribution is twofold. On the one hand it renews the Murano tradition without breaking it, bending classical techniques to a modern sensibility; on the other, it gives objects an almost narrative character, transforming fish, birds and stylized figures into crystallized micro-stories. It is this synthesis of artisan hand and plastic vocation that makes Barbini a central figure in the transition of glass from a decorative artefact to a true artistic medium of the 20th century.
MATERIALS
Blown glass
DIMENSIONS
Height: 21cm
Width: 16cm
Depth: 9cm
Width: 16cm
Depth: 9cm
CONDITIONS
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