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Unique Ceramic Mid-Century Dish by Guido Gambone. Florence, Italy, 1950s.
$2,960.48
£2,207.75
€2,495
CA$4,120.85
A$4,422.59
CHF 2,370.68
MX$53,223.87
NOK 29,890.82
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About the Item
A beautiful and unique dish with lava-like glaze and an amazing hand-painted motiv.
Made by Guido Gambone in Florence, Italy, 1950s.
Great condition. No chips or cracks.
Marked with signature 'Gambone', 'Italy' and Guido Gambone's donkey.
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Guido Gambone (1909–1969) was one of Italy’s most innovative and influential ceramic artists of the 20th century, whose work seamlessly bridged traditional Mediterranean pottery and avant-garde sculptural design. Born in Montella in southern Italy, Gambone moved as a teenager to Vietri sul Mare, a town renowned for its ceramics, where he trained under master potters and absorbed the rich local craft traditions. His early experience in the workshops of Vietri shaped his understanding of form, glaze, and decorative expression, laying the foundation for his distinctive style.
In the late 1930s, Gambone relocated to Florence, working with established ceramics firms such as Cantagalli, and continued to refine his artistic voice. After World War II, he co-founded the workshop La Faenzarella in Vietri Marina with his brother and colleagues, where he began experimenting with thick, textured glazes, organic shapes, and playful anthropomorphic motifs. These early postwar works earned him critical recognition, including the prestigious Premio Faenza in 1947.
Around 1950, Gambone established his own studio in Florence, marking a turning point in his career. Here, he embraced stoneware and grès, developing a modernist vocabulary influenced by artists such as Picasso, Klee, and Miró. His ceramics from this period—boldly shaped vases, bottles, and panels—combined sculptural form with painterly abstraction, often featuring rich matte or crackled glazes and expressive surface textures. His works were exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Biennale, and gained a reputation for pushing the boundaries of what ceramic art could achieve.
Throughout his career, Gambone maintained a dialogue between folk tradition and modernism, transforming the vernacular techniques of Campania and Vietri into a visionary personal language. His signed pieces, often marked “Gambone Italy” with his emblematic donkey motif, are now highly prized by collectors and museums alike.
In essence, Guido Gambone elevated ceramics from functional craft to expressive art, creating a body of work that continues to inspire and captivate with its inventive forms, vibrant glazes, and timeless sense of modern design.
- Creator:Guido Gambone (Artist)
- Similar to:Bitossi (Manufacturer)Bruno Gambone (Artist)Aldo Londi (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 1.34 in (3.4 cm)Width: 8 in (20.3 cm)Depth: 6.19 in (15.7 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1950-1959
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Malmö, SE
- Reference Number:Seller: 9591stDibs: LU8317247417692
Guido Gambone
Guido Gambone is one of the most important and influential Italian ceramic artists in the mid 20th century. He was born in Montella, Avellino in Italy in 1909, and moved with his parents to Vietri in 1927. He started his career at the local Avallone pottery, continued his training at Manifattura Artistica Ceramica Salernitana before moving to the famous I.C.S. (Industria Ceramica Salernitana). He became artistic director at I.C.S. in 1935. Following, he started his potteries, La Faenzerella in Vietri and later La Tirrena in Florence. He died at the age of sixty, in 1969. Gambone’s work fused painting, primitivism, tradition and modern artistic movements and became enormously influential.
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