Nanni Valentini - Artist Info

About Nanni Valentini

  • Biography

    Nanni Valentini (1932, San Angelo in Vado, Italy–1985, Milan, Italy), born John de Baptist Valentini, was an Italian ceramicist. In 1945, he started attending the art school for ceramic decoration in Pesaro, and in 1949, he went to the Istituto d’Arte in Faenza, from which he graduated in 1953.

    He then worked with the studio of Bruno Baratti in Pesaro and went to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. In 1956, he entered the circle of the Galleria La Salita in Liverani, and he won first prize at the 14th competition in Faenza and at the 11th Mostra della Ceramica in Vicenza, and many other honors followed in later years.

    In 1957, Nanni Valentini moved to Milan, where he showed his works at the Triennale di Milano&...

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