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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 ]
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
Glass Blowers of Murano is a late 19th-century painting by American artist Charles Frederic Ulrich. Done in oil on wood, the work depicts a glassblowing foundry in Murano, Italy, which was famed for its glass. The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1]
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.
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.
Catalog of paintings in the Louvre Museum; Catalogue of paintings in the National Gallery, London; List of painters in the Art Institute of Chicago; List of painters in the Frans Hals Museum; List of painters in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; List of painters in the National Gallery of Art; List of painters in the Pinakothek
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]