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

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

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

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

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. 

The figure of Carlo Carrà, the journeys, the exhibitions, the encounters that changed the history of art.

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

The Grue family, a great dynasty of ceramic artists

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

Cagli was considered the leader of the new artistic generation in Rome. He inspired a group of young artists Mirko, Afro, Ziveri, Guttuso, and Fazzini