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

Wolfgang Heimbach (1620 - 1678)
Wolfgang Heimbach
1620 - 1678
Jens Søndergaard (1895 - 1957)
Jens Søndergaard
1895 - 1957
Carl Christian Andersen (1849 - 1906)
Carl Christian Andersen
1849 - 1906
Ghita Johanne Hempel (Ring) (1899 - 1948)
Ghita Johanne Hempel (Ring)
1899 - 1948
Arne Vodder (1926 - 2009)
Arne Vodder
1926 - 2009
Carl Frederick Sørensen (1818 - 1879)
Carl Frederick Sørensen
1818 - 1879
Johann Berthelsen (1883 - 1972)
Johann Berthelsen
1883 - 1972
Tom Kröjer (1942 - 2015)
Tom Kröjer
1942 - 2015
Kurt Trumpedach (1943 - 2013)
Kurt Trumpedach
1943 - 2013
Christen Schiellerup Købke (1810 - 1848)
Christen Schiellerup Købke
1810 - 1848
Carsten Henrichsen (1824 - 1897)
Carsten Henrichsen
1824 - 1897
Emmy Thornam (1852 - 1935)
Emmy Thornam
1852 - 1935
Emil Barentsen (1799 - 1868)
Emil Barentsen
1799 - 1868
Theodore Esburn Philipsen (1840 - 1920)
Theodore Esburn Philipsen
1840 - 1920
Louis August le Clerc (1688 - 1771)
Louis August le Clerc
1688 - 1771
Michael Kvium (1955)
Michael Kvium
1955

Creators Art Nouveau

Christa Näher (1947)
Christa Näher
1947
Tina Modotti (1896 - 1942)
Tina Modotti
1896 - 1942
Edward Ruscha (1937)
Edward Ruscha
1937
Karl Blossfeldt (1865 - 1932)
Karl Blossfeldt
1865 - 1932
Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan (1935)
Radomir Damnjanović Damnjan
1935
Herta Günther (1934 - 2018)
Herta Günther
1934 - 2018
Gene Kloss (1903 - 1996)
Gene Kloss
1903 - 1996
Eduard Micus (1925 - 2000)
Eduard Micus
1925 - 2000
Baki Idrisovich Urmanche (1893 - 1990)
Baki Idrisovich Urmanche
1893 - 1990
Ingeborg Lüscher (1936)
Ingeborg Lüscher
1936
Cuthbert Hamilton (1885 - 1959)
Cuthbert Hamilton
1885 - 1959
Carl Grünwald (1907 - 1968)
Carl Grünwald
1907 - 1968
Nina Borisovna Guseva (1926 - 2012)
Nina Borisovna Guseva
1926 - 2012
Heinz Zander (1939 - 2024)
Heinz Zander
1939 - 2024
Werner Peiner (1897 - 1984)
Werner Peiner
1897 - 1984
Vasily Sitnikov (1915 - 1987)
Vasily Sitnikov
1915 - 1987