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

Andy Warhol, the great American artist of 1960s Pop Art.

Even after his death, his work became a touchstone for young Roman artists and in 1930, a large exhibition was organized by Pier Maria Bardi at the Galleria di Roma.

The success of the Bongiovanni Vaccaro-workshop was a driving force for other craftsmen who, during the nineteenth Century, specialized in this particular subjects that were ‘the only singular and heartfelt manifestation of art that Caltagirone ceramics offers us in the second half of the XIX century’

Cagnaccio delineates the sculptural form with clarity with an energy that verges on surreal hallucinations,  using color that is usually hard and glass-like, suggesting the Murano painters of the 15th century. 

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

Carlo Nason born in Murano in 1935. He grew up spending time with master glass-workers in the family furnace.

As the founder of Analytical Painting, Claudio Verna developed an artistic approach that focuses on color, light, and visual perception.

Eero Saarinen (Kirkkonummi 1910 - 1961) Great 1950s Scandinavian designer

Emilio Scanavino is one of the most prominent exponents of European Art Informel painting

His work is part of the Minimalist Movement, focused on the essential quality of monochrome applied to the wood, marble and metal sculptures, aiming to reconfigure light and color in the environment where it is set. 

He became wealthy and spent much of his fortune on tapestries, carpets, precious leathers, musical instruments, furniture, weapons, and bronzes.