Premio Faenza | |
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Awarded for | contemporary ceramic art |
Date | 1938 |
Location | Faenza |
Country | Italy |
Presented by | Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche |
Winners | Full list of recipients
[1]
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Website | micfaenza.org |
The Premio Faenza is an international prize for contemporary ceramic art. It is awarded by the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, and is the principal Italian prize of its kind. [2]: 47
The prize was established in 1931. In 1938 it became an annual national award and was named "Premio Faenza". [3]: 48 The first recipient of the Premio Faenza was Pietro Melandri , who also won it in the following year. [4]: 284 The award was not made in some years of the Second World War, and recommenced in 1946. In 1963 it became international in scope – although several foreign artists had already been invited to participate in earlier editions – and from 1989 it became a biennial award. [3]: 48 [4]: 284
Among the recipients of the award are the sculptors Angelo Biancini (1946, 1957), Leoncillo Leonardi (1954, 1964) and Carlo Zauli (1953, 1958 and 1962), [5]: 17 and the ceramic artists Sueharu Fukami (1985) and Ken Eastman (1995). [1]
Premio Faenza | |
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Awarded for | contemporary ceramic art |
Date | 1938 |
Location | Faenza |
Country | Italy |
Presented by | Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche |
Winners | Full list of recipients
[1]
|
Website | micfaenza.org |
The Premio Faenza is an international prize for contemporary ceramic art. It is awarded by the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, and is the principal Italian prize of its kind. [2]: 47
The prize was established in 1931. In 1938 it became an annual national award and was named "Premio Faenza". [3]: 48 The first recipient of the Premio Faenza was Pietro Melandri , who also won it in the following year. [4]: 284 The award was not made in some years of the Second World War, and recommenced in 1946. In 1963 it became international in scope – although several foreign artists had already been invited to participate in earlier editions – and from 1989 it became a biennial award. [3]: 48 [4]: 284
Among the recipients of the award are the sculptors Angelo Biancini (1946, 1957), Leoncillo Leonardi (1954, 1964) and Carlo Zauli (1953, 1958 and 1962), [5]: 17 and the ceramic artists Sueharu Fukami (1985) and Ken Eastman (1995). [1]