Murano flavio poli 60s paperweight, pocket emptier, office accessory

Murano glass paperweight or catchall attributed to flavio poli for seguso. 1960 diamond shape height 6.5 cm length and width 13 cm in very good condition italian glass artist flavio poli (1900 - 1980) is renowned for his contribution to the development of murano glass, giving rise to a new style in the 1950s known as sommerso, or submerged glass. Poli was born in 1900 in chioggia and trained as a ceramist at the istituto d'arte in venice. In 1929 poli began working as a glassmaker at the ivam (industrie vetraie artistiche murano) glass factory, where he created large-scale sculptures, animals, novocento-style figurative nudes, glass bowls and urns. In 1934, poli began working as a glassmaker for the firm barovier, seguso, & ferro (later known as seguso vetri d'arte) in murano. Within three years, he became a partner and was named artistic director of the firm. During his time at seguso, poli created complex murano glass lighting installations with archimede seguso (1909-1999). In the 1950s, at the height of his career, he developed a style of "submerged" glass, a technique that involved superimposing different layers of glass of varying consistencies and colors. His sommerso series of blown glass pieces was awarded the compasso d'oro prize in 1954. During his career he won five grand prix at the milan triennale triennials, in 1936 for the glass panels lo zodiaco and la mescita and in 1940, 1951, 1957 and 1960. His creations were also presented at various editions of the venice biennale, as well as at the universal exhibition in brussels. Poli left seguso in 1963 and between 1964 and 1966 he directed the artistic division of the società veneziana di conterie e cristallerie. Poli died in 1984 in venice. Many of poli's pieces are in museums around the world, including the murano glass museum, the.

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