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

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. 

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

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.

The Grue family, a great dynasty of ceramic artists

Della Robbia ceramics

It was the first time I had ardently endeavoured to study from life harmonising the light and the colour of the background with the figure.

In 1930, Cipriano Efisio Oppo wrote “Miss Eva Quajotto does not paint like a young lady! This is the highest praise that can be given to a young lady who paints."

"Too much of a painter to be a photographer, too much of a photographer to be a painter".

The Flos brand started in 1959, founded by Dino Gavina (1922-2007) and Cesare Cassina (1909-1979).