Art Deco 21st century


André Beaurepaire was a French artist and scenic designer.
Beaurepaire studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Tours, and later in Paris at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. He worked as a painter and a graphic artist, and also designed sets and costumes for theater productions and films.
Beaurepaire was particularly well-known for his work as a scenographer, and collaborated with many major French directors and choreographers, including Jean-Louis Barrault, Roger Planchon, and Maurice Béjart. He designed sets for a number of classic works of theater, including Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and "Macbeth," Molière's "The Misanthrope," and Jean Anouilh's "Antigone."
In addition to his work as a scenographer, Beaurepaire continued to paint throughout his career, and his works were exhibited in galleries and museums in France and abroad. His paintings are characterized by their vibrant colors and dynamic compositions, often featuring abstract or geometric shapes.


Oscar Torlasco is an Italian artist and designer. He is best known for the lamps he designed for Lumi. He has also designed for several Italian luminaire manufacturers, including Esperia, Stilux, Lamperti and Stilkronen. Most of his designs date from the 1950s and 60s.


Heinz Werner was a German painter, graphic artist and porcelain artist. He lived and worked in Coswig and Meissen in Saxony.
Together with Ludwig Zepner and Peter Strang, he founded the Collective Artistic Development Department of the Meissen Manufactory.
Heinz Werner designed around 100 modern Meissen décors, including such popular ones as 1001 Nights, Midsummer Night's Dream, Blue Orchid on Branch and Hunter's Latin. Heinz Werner also created numerous unique pieces for the Meissen manufactory. There are several murals made of Meissen porcelain by the artist on and in public buildings. He mastered all artistic techniques. In addition to working with porcelain as a material, he especially cultivated watercolour, chalk and painting with oil and acrylic paints.


Toni Zuccheri was an Italian animalist, designer and architect. He is known for his collaboration with Venini in the 1960s. During this time, he created colourful series of pets, fish and birds for the brand, as well as organic vases made of polychrome glass combined with ironic style and dynamic shapes. A leading designer for other renowned manufacturers, from Barovier & Toso to Seguso Viro, Zuccheri has written an important chapter in the history of Murano glass, and his work can be found in the collections of prestigious museums worldwide: the Murano Glass Museum, MoMA and Guggenheim in New York, the Occaido Museum in Sapporo and the Metropolitan Tien Art Museum in Tokyo.