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

Anna Petersen (1845 - 1910)
Anna Petersen
1845 - 1910
Luis Mu (1857 - 1945)
Luis Mu
1857 - 1945
Erik Ortvad (1917 - 2008)
Erik Ortvad
1917 - 2008
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1863 - 1958)
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen
1863 - 1958
Otto Bahe (1839 - 1927)
Otto Bahe
1839 - 1927
Janus la Cour (1837 - 1909)
Janus la Cour
1837 - 1909
Richard Mortensen (1910 - 1993)
Richard Mortensen
1910 - 1993
Alberts Tibro (1950)
Alberts Tibro
1950
Sophus Carl Frederik Theilgaard (1845 - 1923)
Sophus Carl Frederik Theilgaard
1845 - 1923
Kristian Illum Wikkelsø (1919 - 1999)
Kristian Illum Wikkelsø
1919 - 1999
Theodor Madsen (1880 - 1965)
Theodor Madsen
1880 - 1965
Hans Nikolaj Hansen (1853 - 1923)
Hans Nikolaj Hansen
1853 - 1923
Wolfgang Heimbach (1620 - 1678)
Wolfgang Heimbach
1620 - 1678
Ingeborg Plockross Irminger (1872 - 1962)
Ingeborg Plockross Irminger
1872 - 1962
Peder Mork Monsted (1859 - 1941)
Peder Mork Monsted
1859 - 1941
Alfred Broge (1870 - 1955)
Alfred Broge
1870 - 1955

Creators Art Nouveau

Boris Asafovich Messerer (1933)
Boris Asafovich Messerer
1933
Karl Eulenstein (1892 - 1981)
Karl Eulenstein
1892 - 1981
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1841 - 1919
Herbert W. Kapitzki (1925 - 2005)
Herbert W. Kapitzki
1925 - 2005
Hans Rahn (1905 - 1991)
Hans Rahn
1905 - 1991
Reinier Lucassen (1939)
Reinier Lucassen
1939
Petrus Wandrey (1939 - 2012)
Petrus Wandrey
1939 - 2012
Rosemary Cove (1936)
Rosemary Cove
1936
Hugo Siegwart (1865 - 1938)
Hugo Siegwart
1865 - 1938
Henry James (1843 - 1916)
Henry James
1843 - 1916
Clara Rühle (1885 - 1947)
Clara Rühle
1885 - 1947
Gunther Förg (1952 - 2013)
Gunther Förg
1952 - 2013
Lee Bontecou (1931 - 2022)
Lee Bontecou
1931 - 2022
Giuseppe Flangini (1898 - 1961)
Giuseppe Flangini
1898 - 1961
Rudolf Moser (1914 - 1972)
Rudolf Moser
1914 - 1972
Thomas Röthel (1969)
Thomas Röthel
1969