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

Aksel Einar Utzon-Frank (1888 - 1955)
Aksel Einar Utzon-Frank
1888 - 1955
Kaj Ejstrup (1902 - 1956)
Kaj Ejstrup
1902 - 1956
Anton Thorenfeld (1839 - 1907)
Anton Thorenfeld
1839 - 1907
Kurt Trumpedach (1943 - 2013)
Kurt Trumpedach
1943 - 2013
Niels Jacob Jacobsen Bierre (1864 - 1942)
Niels Jacob Jacobsen Bierre
1864 - 1942
Eric Powelsen (1749 - 1790)
Eric Powelsen
1749 - 1790
Arne Vodder (1926 - 2009)
Arne Vodder
1926 - 2009
Jens Juel (1745 - 1802)
Jens Juel
1745 - 1802
Arnold Krog (1856 - 1931)
Arnold Krog
1856 - 1931
Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792 - 1870)
Christian Albrecht Jensen
1792 - 1870
Verner Panton (1926 - 1998)
Verner Panton
1926 - 1998
Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770 - 1844)
Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770 - 1844
Ejler Bille (1910 - 2004)
Ejler Bille
1910 - 2004
Carl Cäsar Cramer (1822 - 1889)
Carl Cäsar Cramer
1822 - 1889
Fritz Georg Sigfried Melbye (1826 - 1869)
Fritz Georg Sigfried Melbye
1826 - 1869
Niels Lergaard (1893 - 1982)
Niels Lergaard
1893 - 1982

Creators Art Nouveau

Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)
Edward Bawden
1903 - 1989
Al Rosenbaum (1926 - 2009)
Al Rosenbaum
1926 - 2009
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889 - 1953)
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
1889 - 1953
René Gockinga (1893 - 1962)
René Gockinga
1893 - 1962
Barry Humphries (1934 - 2023)
Barry Humphries
1934 - 2023
Eduard Bargheer (1901 - 1979)
Eduard Bargheer
1901 - 1979
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Golovin (1863 - 1930)
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Golovin
1863 - 1930
Abel Rene Philippe (1898 - 1978)
Abel Rene Philippe
1898 - 1978
Carlo Forcolini (1947)
Carlo Forcolini
1947
Philip Pearlstein (1924 - 2022)
Philip Pearlstein
1924 - 2022
Brigitte Handschick (1939 - 1994)
Brigitte Handschick
1939 - 1994
Osip Emmanuilovich Braz (1873 - 1936)
Osip Emmanuilovich Braz
1873 - 1936
Georgii Arkadevich Ziablitsev (1929)
Georgii Arkadevich Ziablitsev
1929
Childe Hassam (1859 - 1935)
Childe Hassam
1859 - 1935
Howard Cook (1901 - 1980)
Howard Cook
1901 - 1980
Ekaterina Ivanovna Medvedeva (1937)
Ekaterina Ivanovna Medvedeva
1937