Stunning Murano Sommerso Glass Bowl hand blown bowl by Flavio Povi 1960's

Stunning bright neon orange & lime bowl - designed by Flavio Poli for Murano Glass - 1960's. I bought this bowl in the 1980's - the design and colours are stunning.

SIZE: 16cm x 11.5cm. Weak traces of use on base, minor scratch on outer side & one chip on rim, no cracks - see photos. Some history about Flavio Poli. Championing a new style during the 1950s known as S.

Poli was born in 1900 in Chioggia and was trained as a ceramist at the Istituto d'Arte di Venezia. In 1929, Poli began working as a glass artist at the IVAM (Industrie Vetraie Artistiche Murano) glass factory, where he designed large scale sculptures, animals, Novecento-style nude figures, bowls and urns in glass. In 1934, Poli began working as a glass artist for the firm Barovier, Seguso, & Ferro (later known as Seguso Vetri d'Arte) in Murano. Within three years, he was made a partner and appointed Artistic Director of the company. During the 1950s, the height of Polio's career, he devised a style of'submerged' glass, a technique made by overlapping different layers of glass, with diverse consistencies and colors.

Glass pieces was awarded the Compasso d'Oro prize in 1954. Over the course of his career, he won five Grand Prix awards at the Milan Triennials, in 1936 for the glass panels. And also in 1940, 1951, 1957 and 1960. His designs were also presented in various editions of Venice's Biennale exhibition, as well as in the World Fair held in Brussels.

Poli left Seguso in 1963, and between 1964 and 1966, he led the artistic glass division at the Società Veneziana di Conterie e Cristallerie. Poli passed away in 1984 in Venice. Many of Poli's pieces can be found in museums around the world including in the Murano Glass Museum, the Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi in Rome, the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, and the MoMA in New Yor. Defects: Weak traces of use on base, minor scratches on outer side & one chip on rim, no cracks - all shown in photos.

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