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

Helen Dohlmann (1870 - 1942)
Helen Dohlmann
1870 - 1942
Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819 - 1881)
Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann
1819 - 1881
Knud Agger (1895 - 1975)
Knud Agger
1895 - 1975
Emmy Thornam (1852 - 1935)
Emmy Thornam
1852 - 1935
Peter Hertz (1811 - 1885)
Peter Hertz
1811 - 1885
Carl Vilhelm Holsøe (1863 - 1935)
Carl Vilhelm Holsøe
1863 - 1935
Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864 - 1916)
Vilhelm Hammershøi
1864 - 1916
Peter Kornbeck (1837 - 1894)
Peter Kornbeck
1837 - 1894
Jorgen Nash (1920 - 2004)
Jorgen Nash
1920 - 2004
Fritz Gotfred Thomsen (1819 - 1891)
Fritz Gotfred Thomsen
1819 - 1891
Carl Christian Andersen (1849 - 1906)
Carl Christian Andersen
1849 - 1906
Kristian Illum Wikkelsø (1919 - 1999)
Kristian Illum Wikkelsø
1919 - 1999
Bernhard Keil (1624 - 1687)
Bernhard Keil
1624 - 1687
Harald Foss (1843 - 1922)
Harald Foss
1843 - 1922
Joachim Koester (1962)
Joachim Koester
1962
Simon Ludwig Simonsen (1841 - 1928)
Simon Ludwig Simonsen
1841 - 1928

Creators Art Nouveau

Stanisław Horno-Poplawski (1902 - 1997)
Stanisław Horno-Poplawski
1902 - 1997
Pyotr Alexandrovich Wolkonsky (1901 - 1997)
Pyotr Alexandrovich Wolkonsky
1901 - 1997
Romans Suta (1896 - 1944)
Romans Suta
1896 - 1944
Dieter Roth (1930 - 1998)
Dieter Roth
1930 - 1998
Gerhard Janensch (1860 - 1933)
Gerhard Janensch
1860 - 1933
Sam Francis (1923 - 1994)
Sam Francis
1923 - 1994
Philippe Hiquily (1925 - 2013)
Philippe Hiquily
1925 - 2013
Antoine Piron-Meyer (1937)
Antoine Piron-Meyer
1937
Pavel Kuznetsov (1878 - 1968)
Pavel Kuznetsov
1878 - 1968
Friedrich Wilhelm Schulz (1884 - 1962)
Friedrich Wilhelm Schulz
1884 - 1962
Bryan Organ (1935)
Bryan Organ
1935
Douglas Gorsline (1913 - 1985)
Douglas Gorsline
1913 - 1985
Albert Christoph Reck (1922 - 2019)
Albert Christoph Reck
1922 - 2019
Louis William Wain (1860 - 1939)
Louis William Wain
1860 - 1939
Jean Mayodon (1893 - 1967)
Jean Mayodon
1893 - 1967
Semen Moiseevich Ehikelman (1911 - 2000)
Semen Moiseevich Ehikelman
1911 - 2000