Fornasetti
Un like no identificado me llevó a visitar un perfil de Facebook donde estaba este extraño GIF animado inspirado en el trabajo del diseñador Piero Fornasetti, otro de esos artistas obsesivos que tanto me gustan, creador de un emporio de diseño en Italia y de la famosa serie de ilustraciones vintage (más de 350), con la cara de la soprano Lina Cavalieri.
Quizás a esa persona solo le gustó la carita, pero yo soy muuucho más curioso, lo que sin googlear demasiado me condujo a este increíble sitio de la marca de diseño Fornasetti (ahora admistrada por su hijo), con un excelente recorrido virtual por la vida y obra de este artista de principios de siglo pasado.
Gracias al desconocido por el regalo. Mi consejo para internet -y para la vida- es: naveguen amigos, naveguen mucho…
Piero Fornasetti (10 November 1913 – 9 October 1988) was an Italian painter, sculptor, interior decorator and engraver.
He lived most of life in Milan, attending the Brera Art Academy from 1930-32 when he was expelled for insubordination. During World War II, he went into exile in Switzerland from 1943-46. He created more than 11,000 items, many featuring the face of a woman, operatic soprano Lina Cavalieri, as a motif. Fornasetti found her face in a 19th-century magazine. “What inspired me to create more than 500 variations on the face of a woman?” asks Italian designer, Piero Fornasetti of himself. “I don’t know,” he admits, “I began to make them and I never stopped.” The “Tema e Variazioni” (theme and variation) plate series based on Cavalieri’s face numbered more than 350.
Other common features in his work include heavy use of black and white, the sun and time. His style is reminiscent of Greek and Roman architecture, by which he was heavily influenced.
Today it is most common to see Fornasetti’s style in fashion and room accessories such as scarves, ties, lamps, furniture, china plates and tables.
His son, Barnaba Fornasetti, continues to design in his father’s name…
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