Axel Salto (1889 - 1961) - photo 1

Axel Salto

Axel Johannes Salto was an internationally renowned Danish ceramic artist. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1909 to 1914.

Axel Salto visited Paris in 1916, where he met Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. This meeting was a landmark for Salto's creative ambitions and his influence on the innovative ideas of the time.

Throughout the 1920s his artistic focus shifted from painting to ceramics, and between 1923 and 1950 he created around 3,000 different ceramic pieces.

From the mid-1930s he worked mainly at the Royal Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen. Here Salto developed his ceramics, experimenting with unusually rich glazes and organic shapes.

Date and place of birt:17 november 1889, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date and place of death:21 march 1961, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Nationality:Denmark
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Ceramist, Porcelain modeler
Art style:Art Nouveau, Modern art, Post War Art
Medium:Ceramic

Creators Denmark

Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1863 - 1958)
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen
1863 - 1958
Sophus Vermehren (1866 - 1950)
Sophus Vermehren
1866 - 1950
Carl Frederick Sørensen (1818 - 1879)
Carl Frederick Sørensen
1818 - 1879
Frederick Theodor Kloss (1802 - 1876)
Frederick Theodor Kloss
1802 - 1876
Karl Lehmann (1794 - 1876)
Karl Lehmann
1794 - 1876
Peter Hertz (1811 - 1885)
Peter Hertz
1811 - 1885
Sören Hjorth-Nielsen (1901 - 1983)
Sören Hjorth-Nielsen
1901 - 1983
Johanne (Hanne) Hellesen (1801 - 1844)
Johanne (Hanne) Hellesen
1801 - 1844
Wilhelm Bends (1804 - 1832)
Wilhelm Bends
1804 - 1832
Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864 - 1916)
Vilhelm Hammershøi
1864 - 1916
Karl Heinrich Bloch (1834 - 1890)
Karl Heinrich Bloch
1834 - 1890
Carl Vilhelm Balsgaard (1812 - 1893)
Carl Vilhelm Balsgaard
1812 - 1893
Kurt Ard (1925)
Kurt Ard
1925
Sigvard Hansen (1859 - 1938)
Sigvard Hansen
1859 - 1938
Kristian Illum Wikkelsø (1919 - 1999)
Kristian Illum Wikkelsø
1919 - 1999
Vigilius Eriksen (1722 - 1782)
Vigilius Eriksen
1722 - 1782

Creators Art Nouveau

Bernard Chaet (1924 - 2012)
Bernard Chaet
1924 - 2012
Josef Arnold (1885 - 1960)
Josef Arnold
1885 - 1960
Rudi Stolle (1919 - 1996)
Rudi Stolle
1919 - 1996
Willy Rizzo (1928 - 2013)
Willy Rizzo
1928 - 2013
Joseph Bernard (1866 - 1931)
Joseph Bernard
1866 - 1931
Frédéric Kiefer (1894 - 1977)
Frédéric Kiefer
1894 - 1977
Heinz Fischer-Roloff (1923 - 2004)
Heinz Fischer-Roloff
1923 - 2004
Otto D. Douglas-Hill (1897 - 1972)
Otto D. Douglas-Hill
1897 - 1972
Franz Iffland (1862 - 1935)
Franz Iffland
1862 - 1935
Liu Kuo-sung (1932)
Liu Kuo-sung
1932
Joseph Frank (1885 - 1967)
Joseph Frank
1885 - 1967
George Henry Seeley (1880 - 1955)
George Henry Seeley
1880 - 1955
Umberto Mariani (1936)
Umberto Mariani
1936
Dora Maar (1907 - 1997)
Dora Maar
1907 - 1997
Vilmos-Jozsef Istvanovich Berets (1915 - 1999)
Vilmos-Jozsef Istvanovich Berets
1915 - 1999
Sheila Hicks (1934)
Sheila Hicks
1934