Piero Fornasetti was born in Milan on 10th December 1913.
He began drawing from an early age.
His first project was a collection of silk scarves for the Milan Triennale of 1933. Printed in a Trompe L’oeil using newspaper print they were rejected by the committee.
He returned the next year with even more adventurous designs.
Ponti was to be influential in his life.
He uses surreal images that seem to have a historical place in the mind of anyone who understands art. He is able to juxtapose ideas in the mind of the onlooker.
A whole industry has set up around his work. There are fakes.
Prices can range from £50 to £50,000 or more. There are probably 13,000 creations of his. Items after Fornasetti’s death in 1988 are marked with a date. Generally a under glaze mark.
A cabinet recently valued by a nerd at Peter Wilson of Nantwich at £1000 to £2000 made £19,000 plus commission.
I always try to have a few bits it is always so interesting. http://www.classicartdeco.co.uk/miscellaneous.php
Here a teapot that is my piece of the week.
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