Elio Schiavon (1945-2004) - Ceramic Sculpture Vase - Two Characters

Beautiful ceramic vase sculpture by Italian artist Elio Schiavon (1945-2004). The work represents two characters and a ball.

Height: 46 cm.

Good condition.

Artisanal tradition, artistic experience, continuous research, these are the components of the work of Elio Schiavon, a ceramist who matured artistically first in the workshops and laboratories of Bassano, then at the School of Art of Nove and at the Academy of Carmini of Venice. Numerous Italian and foreign awards (Faenza Giovani, Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice Biennale, Stockholm, Helsinki, Munich) confirm his widely appreciated gifts and give impetus to an already fervent artistic research: from the Venetian school and the great artists, Elio Schiavon draws suggestions and ideas which he always develops in a very personal and original style. With his son, he runs a workshop in which experience, innovation, curiosity, sensitivity and passion become the main ingredients of their ceramics. Elio Schiavon was born in Arzergrande, in the province of Padua, in 1925 and studied at the School of Ceramic Art in Nove, where he was a student of Andrea Parini. After moving with his family to Bassano del Grappa, he worked as an apprentice at the ceramic workshop "Zortea" and then completed his master's degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. In the early 1950s, he married Linda Metta, who quickly became his valued collaborator. In the same years he made his debut by presenting his first works at various exhibitions and competitions and in 1954 he opened his own kiln, called "Schiavon Ceramiche" in Padua, where he carried out commercial production alongside some monotype creations of archaic inspiration. In the second half of the 1950s, a workshop school was added to the workshop. In 1964, Elio Schiavon transferred his business to Abano Terme. At the end of the 80s, he left the factory in the hands of his son Luca. Elio Schiavon died in Tonadico, in the province of Pordenone, in 2004.