A.VE.M. 1932–

A.VE.M. was founded in 1932 by Antonio Luigi Ferro, his son Egidio, and the maestri glassblowers Emilio Nason, Galliano Ferro, and Giulio Radi. During the ’30s the furnace, which was capable of producing refined Venetian glass techniques, worked with Vittorio Zecchin, who created lightweight blown glass pieces, and Emilio Nason, who created Novecento-style sculptures. After 1939, Giulio Radi became artistic director and dedicated himself predominantly to experimenting with metal oxides. After Radi’s premature death in 1952, Giorgio Ferro replaced him and acted as artistic director through 1955, the year he left to found a new furnace with his father, Galliano. During the ’50s, A.VE.M. collaborated with the painter Luigi Scarpa Croce, and later the designer Anzolo Fuga. Between 1966 and 1972 several collections were designed by the glassmaster Luciano Ferro. A.VE.M. is still active in Murano today.

Giulio Radi, A.VE.M., 1952

Giulio Radi

Reazioni policrome, 1952

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Giulio Radi Reazioni policromeA.VE.M., 1952

A reazioni policrome plate crafted
in aubergine glass with applications of gold leaf. The multicolored effects are due to the specific reactions of the added metallic oxides.

Ã˜; 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Exhibitions:
1952, Venice, 26th Biennale Internazionale d’Arte;
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
Venezianisches…, 1981, n. 127;
Mille anni…, 1982, n. 570;
R. Barovier Mentasti, 1982, n. 296;
Vetro di Murano, 1982, nn. 147, 148;
W. Neuwirth, 1987, p. 194;
M. Heiremans, 1989, n. 9;
M. Barovier, R. Barovier Mentasti,
A. Dorigato, 1995, n. 89;
M. Barovier, 1999, p. 190;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 107;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 144;
A. Dorigato, 2002, p. 323.

Giorgio Ferro, A.VE.M., 1952

Giorgio Ferro

Anse volanti, 1952

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Giorgio Ferro Anse volantiA.VE.M., 1952

Glass vessels, one crafted with the use of red trasparente glass, the other in green trasparente glass. Both are heavily iridized. They are typified by their large side handles made by piercing the wall of
the object.

7 1/2 in. high (19 cm)
10 1/2 in. high (26.7 cm)
Exhibitions:
1952, Venice, 26th Biennale Internazionale d’Arte;
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
B. Nerozzi, 1987, n. 53;
W. Neuwirth, 1987, n. 231;
M. Heiremans, 1989, nn. 3-5;
L’arte del vetro…, 1992, n. 376;
R. Barovier Mentasti, 1992, n. 95;
M. Barovier, R. Barovier Mentasti, A. Dorigato, 1995, n. 90;
Venezia e la Biennale…, 1995, n. 469;
F. Deboni, 1996, p. 23;
H. Ricke, E. Schmitt, 1996, n. 172;
M. Barovier, 1999, p. 191;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 106;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 143;
A. Dorigato, 2002, p. 324.