20th Century Ceramic Vase by Giuseppe Capogrossi for Ars Deruta, Italy, 1950s

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fabulous majolica ceramic vase, entirely modeled on a potter's wheel and decorated by hand, created by the famous … Read more Item description:
fabulous majolica ceramic vase, entirely modeled on a potter's wheel and decorated by hand, created by the famous artist giuseppe capogrossi and signed under the base by the perugia-based manufacturer "ars deruta." under the central portrait is the inscription "roma." created in the second half of the 20th century. The central decoration depicts a stylized woman's face, in the style of 1950s design, crowned by an abstract geometric decoration. After the photos of the object, we have included a photo of a vase with a decoration called "decoro capogrossi," similar to the checkerboard pattern with colored squares found on our vase. Then there is a photo of one of his paintings entitled "superficie 686" depicting a woman's face with a striped decoration similar to the striped decoration on our vase, only much more stylized, and finally a photo of another painting where you can see that this artist used pure colors, namely yellow, red, blue, green, etc. At the top, there is a line with colored squares very similar to those on our vase. All this confirms our attribution, although the definitive proof that the authorship of this vase should be attributed to giuseppe capogrossi is the fact that he collaborated with ars derutae in the 1960s, and the dating of the vase is consistent with this. Furthermore, he was the only roman artist and ceramist to collaborate with this perugia-based manufacturer, so the word "roma" under the portrait of the woman can only mean that the vase is his.

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online research shows that the four highest prices achieved for paintings by giuseppe capogrossi range from €280,000 to €330,000 plus auction fees. Prices for ceramics range from €1,400 to over €21,000. This gives an idea of the importance of this artist. An extremely rare vase, a unique piece created by an important roman artist.

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giuseppe capogrossi, one of the greatest italian painters of the 20th century, was born in rome in 1900. After obtaining a degree in law, he began to devote himself to painting in the mid-1920s, becoming a pupil of felice carena. In 1927, he made his debut at the galleria doria in a group exhibition with antonietta rafael, mario mafai, and scipione. He moved to paris, where he remained until 1933, meeting modigliani and rousseau. Together with corrado cagli and emanuele cavalli, he founded the "l'école de rome" group, with which he exhibited several realist paintings at the "galerie bonjean." he participated in the venice biennales of 1930, '34, and '36 and in the ii and iii quadriennale di roma, and his painting began to evolve toward a significant simplification of form until, around the end of the 1940s, he turned toward abstractionism, creating his first characteristic hooked marks, which were exhibited for the first time in rome. In 1932, he exhibited in a group show at the galleria di roma and the following year at the galleria il milione in milan. In 1935, he participated in the collective exhibition "exhibition of contemporary italian painting" in san francisco. In 1939, 1940, and 1942, he participated in the bergamo prize. From 1940, he held the chair of figure at the artistic high school in rome, a position he maintained until 1966. After the war, he renewed his pictorial language by turning to abstractionism and exhibited the results of his new work in 1947 at the galleria il cortile in rome. In 1949, he joined the origine group and in 1953 he was among the signatories of the vi° manifesto spazialista (sixth spatialist manifesto), together with lucio fontana, gianni dova, and roberto crippa. In 1950, he held an important solo exhibition at the galleria del secolo in rome, which was then replicated at the galleria il milione in milan and the galleria del cavallino in venice. In 1951, he was the only italian to participate in the véhémences confroontées exhibition. In the 1950s, after his first experience at raffele pinto's factory in vietri, capogrossi became interested in ceramics and, in 1957, created several works in terracotta decorated under glaze at the albisola-based "m.g.a." factory owned by the mazzotti family, which are now preserved at the "mazzotti museum." also in the 1950s, capogrossi collaborated with several kilns in the rome area. Towards the end of the 1950s, he contributed his work free of charge to the creation of the lungomare degli artisti (artists' promenade) in albisola. Between the late 1950s and early 1960s, he designed several decorations for the deruta-based manufacturer ars deruta. In 1960, he was invited to the tokyo art biennale. In 1962, he was awarded the prize for painting at the venice biennale, jointly with ennio morlotti. From 1966, he taught at the academy of fine arts in naples. Capogrossi later returned to rome, to his studio at via terme deciane 12, where he died in 1972.


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