Modern Art & Design presents Carlo Bugatti | November 18–19
Highly acclaimed Italian decorator and designer Carlo Bugatti was born in Milan in 1856. He studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts at a time when artists, architects, writers and poets found a sense of community in what was known as the “Scapligiati”, the bohemians.
Bugatti went on to develop a highly distinctive style, drawing inspiration from Moorish and Gothic architecture, as well as Asian, Middle Eastern and North African designs. He combined a variety of exotic materials and types of wood.
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Bugatti received his first significant acclaim at the exhibitions in Milan and London in 1888. He subsequently exhibited in Turin in 1898 and in Paris in 1900, and achieved a major breakthrough at the 1902 exhibition in Turin. Bugatti participated with a “Snail Room”, furnished, among other pieces, with his so-called “Cobra chairs”. In 1904, Bugatti moved with his family to Paris, where he sold his furniture through, among others, the Bon Marché department store. Bugatti’s motto was: “Every object can become a work of art.” He died in Alsace in 1940. The present sofa, table and mirror was acquired by Swedish artist Knut Norman during a trip to Italy in the 1940s.
Carlo Bugatti at Modern Art & Design
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