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.

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

On the occasion of the 1961 International Furniture Exhibition, Max Ingrand erected the large luminous fountain in the garden of the Villa Reale in Monza

MIM (Mobili Italiani Moderni) was founded in Rome in 1957 as a company for the design, construction and sale of furniture.