Paolo De Poli (1905-1996), Master of Fired Enamel

  • Valeria Cafà Università Iuav di Venezia
Keywords: Archives, Gio Ponti, Paolo De Poli, Enamel

Abstract

Paolo De Poli has the merit of having revived the ancient art of enamel on metal extending the traditional fields of application (precious objects, sacred art) to the objects for the modern home, the furnishings and functional elements. In over fifty years of activity, he has created a large and varied series production that has been able to exploit the intrinsic qualities of the enamel, gloss and color stability and resistance.
This article reconstructs the research by De Poli about the use of enamel: from the use of different metals (copper, pinchbeck, silver up to iron and steel) to the variety of the color range.

Author Biography

Valeria Cafà, Università Iuav di Venezia

PhD in history of architecture, Valeria Cafà has a degree in archiving and has a research grant from the Projects Archive of the Iuav University of Venice with the aim of reorganizing and enhancing the archive and the figure of Paolo De Poli. With Alberto Bassi and Teresita Scalco, she curated the De Poli artigiano e designer educational exhibition (May-July 2014). She is interested in enamels since in 2011 when she curated an exhibition on Fabergé at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (with Wolfram Koeppe). She is also involved in ancient drawing and modern sculpture.

Published
2014-11-28
Issue
Vol 2 No 4 (2014): Italian Material Design: Learning from History
Section
Research

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