Ferruccio Mengaroni (Pesaro, 4th of October 1875 – Monza, 13th of May, 1925) Born in Pesaro the 4th of October 1875, to Romolo, engineer and professor of the Technical Institute, and Teresa Giuliani, Ferruccio Mengaroni interested himself in ceramic art at a really young age, after being expelled from ‘every school of the Kingdom’ for...
Project Category: Ferruccio Mengaroni - Genius Of Ceramic Art
The National Exhibition Of Modern Ceramic
The National Exhibition Of Modern Ceramic In the summer of 1924, Pesaro hosted the National Exhibition of Modern Ceramic, an event created to promote the beauty and excellence of italian ceramic art. The works of local masters and newcomers unite elegance and experimentation. Ferruccio Mengaroni, Giorgio Ugolini and Luigi Serra promoted the exhibition, meanwhile Bruno...
Mengaroni, Man Of Marketing
Mengaroni, Man Of Marketing From the eighteenth to the nineteenth century, the postcards of artisanal workshops recount an era in which art and business intertwined, and showed plates, vases and one of a kind pieces with graphics and slogans that won over collectors. In the 1920s even Mengaroni took a passion to it: he drew...
The Historiated, The Majolica That Told Stories
The Historiated, The Majolica That Told Stories The art of representing the ‘historiated’ is certainly one of the most distinctive elements of Ferruccio Mengaroni’s productions, for which he became known way beyond its local borders.The artist was able to faithfully replicate works kept in public and private collections, re-adapting them for concave and convex surfaces,...
The Fifteenth Century, Golden Era Of Pesarese Ceramics
The Fifteenth Century, Golden Era Of Pesarese Ceramics Ferruccio Mengaroni must have experienced the fascination with the most beautiful ceramic works of the second half of the fifteenth century coming from Pesaro’s underground, originating from an era in which the city, under the reign of the Sforza, finds itself at the peak of its ceramic...
Ferruccio Mengaroni – The Last Renaissance Artist
Ferruccio Mengaroni – The Last Renaissance Artist In 2025, exactly 150 years have passed since the birth of Ferruccio Mengaroni (1875-1925), and the centenary of his death also occurs: therefore a very important year to celebrate one of the undisputed protagonists of ceramic art that, with his individuality, inserted himself perfectly in the historicism of...