Description: Gualdo Tadino Italy Italian Majolica Elizabetta Women Maiden Luster Charger Alfredo Santarelli Sold as is good conditions Any doubts consulted Air mail shipping by Fedex $150 Alfredo Santarelli was born in Gualdo Tadino in 1874 and studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia, graduating in 1897.He came to ceramics working at the "Rubboli" kiln in Pesaro, a pupil of the ceramist Giuseppe Discepoli, and fascinated by the art of majolica, in 1899 he began the first experiments to reproduce the golden and ruby reflections of the ancient ceramics of his land.His first works were awarded, for the metallic reflections applied to majolica, at the exhibitions in Perugia and Foligno.At the end of the 19th century he collaborated with the Gualdo factory "Fedi Ceramiche",encouraged by the results obtained, in 1900 Santarelli opened a laboratory without a kiln where, in addition to training new workers, he creates ceramics that are fired in an external kiln.In 1901 he married Eleonora Sergiacomi, daughter of the ceramist Salvatore and expert silencer.Between 1906 and 1908 he taught at the Gualdo Drawing School and collaborated with many of the kilns in the area.In 1907 and 1912 he won a Cup of Honour and a Grand Prix in Perugia and in 1908 he was awarded a gold medal in Gubbio.In 1919 he was invited to Deruta to direct the local School of Applied Design for Ceramics and opened a ceramics factory there which he ran for two years.In 1921 he returned to Gualdo and in a short time, helped by his son Vittorugo, he made his factory, the "Santarelli Ceramiche", large, equipped and modern and, inside it, he opened a free school of applied design.In 1925 he was one of the promoters of the "CIMA" in which he participated with his factory until 1933.In 1940 he left the management of the factory to his son Vittorugo, continuing however his activity as a ceramist.In the 1940s, in addition to making ceramics with antique metal lustres, he started a modern style production in which the use of gold was associated with opaque glazes and rough surfaces that seem to be influenced by contemporary Deruta ceramics.In the 1950s the factory was located in via Monina 11 in Gualdo Tadino.In 1953 the factory passed into the hands of the ceramist Teobaldo Pimpinelli and Alfredo Santarelli, with the help of his son and Ezio Rondelli, founded a company called "Ceramiche di Gualdo e Deruta Prof. A. Santarelli" which remained active until 1955.Alfredo Santarelli died in Gualdo Tadino in 1957
Price: 1500 USD
Location: caba
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Brand: Unmarked
Type: Charger Plate
Material: majolica
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
