Achille Castiglioni was an ambassador of Italian design in the world and won nine Compassi d'Oro awards.

In 1952, he joined the Gruppo degli Otto ("group of eight") with Emilio Vedova, Renato Birolli, Corpora, Moreni, Morlotti, Santomaso, and Turcato.

Alberto Issel was an Italian artist and designer from Genoa, known for his work in painting and Art Nouveau furniture.

From Marino Marini, he learned to appreciate sculpture and bronze's infinite possibilities.

He created some sixty posters with advertising or political subjects. These included the famous calendar for the Cooperative Union of Milan in 1917 and many theater bills and postcards. 

In 1867, he achieved his first great success at the Paris Salon, where some of his works were purchased by Napoleon III.

“The more I formalize a thing, the more I give it an independent life” by Angelo Mangiarotti

The biography of Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris 1795 -1875) a famous French sculptor of animals.

Calcagnadoro's artistic oeuvre is characterized by a prolific and uninterrupted production of easel paintings in oil and watercolor.

He was a truly great figure at the forefront of the revival of 20th-century sculpture. 

He returned to North Africa in 1925 and took over the direction of the Cairo Academy of Fine Arts.

Pieces designed by Carlo Bartoli are shown at the Milan Triennale, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Stadtmuseum in Cologne, as well as in New York, Prague, Hong Kong, Athens, and Buenos Aires.