Luigi Fabris, the porcelain master I want to introduce you, dear readers, was born in northern Italy in 1883.
Two wars crossed his creative path, one of which caused irreparable damage to production, but nothing can stop the artist ... wars destroyed the beautiful world, and Luigi Fabris continued and continued to create his works from the most delicate porcelain.
Fabris Image Gallery:
You may have seen some of these figurines. in an article about Capodimonte porcelain, since Luigi Fabris worked in this world-famous porcelain factory: it opened almost at the same time as the Imperial Porcelain Factory of Russia, about 30 years after the secret that the Chinese had kept for centuries was revealed in Meissen.
Luigi Fabris started his career as a sculptor. He has carried out several successful projects along this path. But in 1912, having received an order for the ceramic cladding of the facade of the Grand Hotel Ausonia & Hungaria in Lido di Venezia, he became acquainted with the art of porcelain at the Raffaele Passarin factory.
Luigi, being a painter and sculptor in porcelain figurines, was able to embody both of his talents!
A beautiful, unique and high-class figurine, a masterpiece from the Capodimonte Luigi Fabris collection of Italian porcelain. This pearl was named: AL BALCONE.
Depicting two young and sophisticated ladies on the balcony, excitedly looking down at someone or something. Hand painted with gold accents on a rococo base surrounded by delicately sculpted curly flowers.
In 1916, after the destruction inflicted by World War I in Bassano del Grappa (the place where Luigi was born and worked), the artist decided to move to Milan to continue doing what he loved.
In Milan, he continued to fulfill orders - sculptures and bas-reliefs, and, at the same time, was able to open his own porcelain production.
The imagination and creativity of Fabris are endless, and the selection is constantly updated with romantic scenes, scenes from everyday life, masks, caricatures, folk characters, musicians, dancers, historical figures, Commedia dell'Arte characters, allegorical and bucolic groups, sacred objects, animals and decorative vases.
Written by Nadir Stringa (author of many books on the art of ceramics).
- In the 1920s he was elected head of the Ceramic Society of Lombardy.
- 1929, where he gained international fame.
In 1942, British bombs hit the Fabris factory. And the second war did not spare the artist. Luigi Fabris returned from Milan to his hometown of Bassano del Grappa with his family.
Luigi Fabris never stopped creating new models, assisted by his sons Antonio (in charge of management), Gianantonio (in charge of sculpture) and his sister-in-law Vittoria (in charge of painting).
The artist died at the age of 70. Today, his work can be found in private collections and museums around the world.
