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

Johan Isaaksz Pontanus (1571 - 1639)
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1571 - 1639
Jens Sørensen (1887 - 1953)
Jens Sørensen
1887 - 1953
Sergej Jensen (1973)
Sergej Jensen
1973
Louis August le Clerc (1688 - 1771)
Louis August le Clerc
1688 - 1771
Johan Wilhelm Gertner (1818 - 1871)
Johan Wilhelm Gertner
1818 - 1871
Richard Winther (1926 - 2007)
Richard Winther
1926 - 2007
Sören Hjorth-Nielsen (1901 - 1983)
Sören Hjorth-Nielsen
1901 - 1983
Johann Berthelsen (1883 - 1972)
Johann Berthelsen
1883 - 1972
Anthonie Eleonore Christensen (1849 - 1926)
Anthonie Eleonore Christensen
1849 - 1926
Michael Peter Ancher (1849 - 1927)
Michael Peter Ancher
1849 - 1927
Robert Storm Petersen (Storm P.) (1882 - 1949)
Robert Storm Petersen (Storm P.)
1882 - 1949
 Hans Peter Vilhelm Hempel (1888 - 1963)
Hans Peter Vilhelm Hempel
1888 - 1963
Tom Kröjer (1942 - 2015)
Tom Kröjer
1942 - 2015
Johan Thomas Lundbye (1818 - 1848)
Johan Thomas Lundbye
1818 - 1848
Peter Ilsted (1861 - 1933)
Peter Ilsted
1861 - 1933
Janus Genelli (1761 - 1813)
Janus Genelli
1761 - 1813

Creators Art Nouveau

Rainer Zille (1945 - 2005)
Rainer Zille
1945 - 2005
John Edgar Platt (1886 - 1967)
John Edgar Platt
1886 - 1967
Gavin Turk (1967)
Gavin Turk
1967
Pierre Chareau (1883 - 1950)
Pierre Chareau
1883 - 1950
Olga Costa (1913 - 1993)
Olga Costa
1913 - 1993
Ernst Marow (1934 - 2018)
Ernst Marow
1934 - 2018
 Goudji (1941)
Goudji
1941
Jules-Émile Zingg (1882 - 1942)
Jules-Émile Zingg
1882 - 1942
Hans Hofmann (1880 - 1966)
Hans Hofmann
1880 - 1966
Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen (1907 - 1994)
Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen
1907 - 1994
Eugen Jettel (1845 - 1901)
Eugen Jettel
1845 - 1901
Vladimir Georgievich Bekhteev (1878 - 1971)
Vladimir Georgievich Bekhteev
1878 - 1971
Cäsar W. Radetzky-Radetz (1939)
Cäsar W. Radetzky-Radetz
1939
Paul Schmidt (1912 - 1983)
Paul Schmidt
1912 - 1983
Isidor Grigorievich Frikh-Khar (1893 - 1978)
Isidor Grigorievich Frikh-Khar
1893 - 1978
Ugo Celada da Virgilio (1895 - 1995)
Ugo Celada da Virgilio
1895 - 1995