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Seguso is one of the most esteemed, historical and respected glass manufacturers on the island, [1] and among the largest glass furnaces in Murano, which has a few, homonymous furnaces. [2] Glass made by the Seguso furnace can be found in over 75 museums worldwide, such as MOMA in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. [ 3 ]
Today, Murano and Venice are tourist attractions, and Murano is home to numerous glass factories and a few individual artists' studios. Its Museo del Vetro (Glass Museum) in the Palazzo Giustinian contains displays on the history of glassmaking as well as glass samples ranging from Egyptian times through the present day.
Alfredo Barbini, a glass artist born in 1912 on the islands of Murano in the lagoon of Venice, Italy, was one of Murano's leading figures 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.
Tagliapietra was born August 10, 1934, in an apartment on the Rio dei Vetri (which translates litteraly in "glass canal", or more broadly in "glass street" considering the intense use of waterways in the Venetian Lagoon as means for transport of goods and people) in Murano, Italy, [2] an island with a history of glass-making that dates from 1291.
The Toso family had been established in Murano since around 1350. [7] In the 1400s Angelo Barovier created glass objects which are currently preserved in various museums. [6] Angelo is recognized as significant for uniting the knowledge which had been developed and handed down by the Barovier family. He was not only considered and artist but a ...
Flavio Poli (1900–1984) was an Italian artist, known for his designs in glass. [1] [2] Born in 1900, he was trained at the Istituto d'Arte di Venezia, then began work as a ceramicist. [2] In 1929, he began working for the company "I.V.A.M." (Industrie Vetraie Artistiche Murano) as a designer of glassware. [2]
William Blake Richmond (1842–1921), English painter, sculptor and stained-glass designer; Gerhard Richter (born 1932), German visual artist; Charles Ricketts (1866–1931), Swiss-born English painter, illustrator and typographer; Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743), French painter; Anne Rigney (born 1957), Irish visual artist and sculptor