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

Emil Barentsen (1799 - 1868)
Emil Barentsen
1799 - 1868
Heinrich Buntzen (1803 - 1892)
Heinrich Buntzen
1803 - 1892
Ghita Johanne Hempel (Ring) (1899 - 1948)
Ghita Johanne Hempel (Ring)
1899 - 1948
Michael Kvium (1955)
Michael Kvium
1955
Ejler Bille (1910 - 2004)
Ejler Bille
1910 - 2004
Karl Lehmann (1794 - 1876)
Karl Lehmann
1794 - 1876
Henrik Plenge Jakobsen (1967)
Henrik Plenge Jakobsen
1967
Alberts Tibro (1950)
Alberts Tibro
1950
Flemming Lassen (1902 - 1984)
Flemming Lassen
1902 - 1984
Ole Ring (1902 - 1972)
Ole Ring
1902 - 1972
Jens Adolf Jerichau (1816 - 1883)
Jens Adolf Jerichau
1816 - 1883
Alfred Broge (1870 - 1955)
Alfred Broge
1870 - 1955
Wilhelm Bends (1804 - 1832)
Wilhelm Bends
1804 - 1832
Johan Friedrich Bergzoe (1841 - 1897)
Johan Friedrich Bergzoe
1841 - 1897
Richard Winther (1926 - 2007)
Richard Winther
1926 - 2007
Peter Brandes (1944)
Peter Brandes
1944

Creators Art Nouveau

Olle Alberius (1926 - 1993)
Olle Alberius
1926 - 1993
William Gropper (1897 - 1977)
William Gropper
1897 - 1977
Walter De Maria (1935 - 2013)
Walter De Maria
1935 - 2013
Robert Michel (1897 - 1983)
Robert Michel
1897 - 1983
Gustav Stickley (1858 - 1942)
Gustav Stickley
1858 - 1942
Neil Lawson Baker (1938 - 2022)
Neil Lawson Baker
1938 - 2022
William Zorach (1887 - 1966)
William Zorach
1887 - 1966
Leon Polk Smith (1906 - 1996)
Leon Polk Smith
1906 - 1996
Arthur Fauser (1911 - 1990)
Arthur Fauser
1911 - 1990
Konrad Klapheck (1935 - 2023)
Konrad Klapheck
1935 - 2023
Cesare Ravasco (1875 - 1943)
Cesare Ravasco
1875 - 1943
Pegge Hopper (1936)
Pegge Hopper
1936
Duncan Grant (1885 - 1978)
Duncan Grant
1885 - 1978
Isidor Grigorievich Frikh-Khar (1893 - 1978)
Isidor Grigorievich Frikh-Khar
1893 - 1978
Bohuslav Reynek (1892 - 1971)
Bohuslav Reynek
1892 - 1971
Henri Piazza (1861 - 1929)
Henri Piazza
1861 - 1929
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