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Flavio Poli (1900 – 1984) was an Italian designer, ceramist and painter. In 1929 Flavio Poli collaborated with the IVAM company (Industrie Vetraie Artistiche Murano) and designed figures, to be made in solid glass. Read the full biography

Flavio Poli (1900 – 1984) was an Italian designer, ceramist and painter. In 1929 Flavio Poli collaborated with the IVAM company (Industrie Vetraie Artistiche Murano) and designed figures, to be made in solid glass. Poli was the first to address the theme of the female nude in Murano. For the Company of Venice and Murano he designed massive animals and for the artistic glassworks Mario and Lino Nason he created figures, in collaboration with the engraver Gino Francesconi. He also collaborated with the ancient glassworks Pauly & C. - Compagnia Venezia Murano. His designs were made in glass by professional glassmakers, including Francesco Martinuzzi and Italo Nason, who created the series of Pudore sculptures, in pure twentieth-century style, drawing each one from a single mass of transparent, white or amber glass. One of these female nudes belonged to the collection of Duilio Cambellotti and was exhibited at the Monza Biennale in 1930 and at the Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Amsterdam in 1931. IVAM joined Barovier Seguso & Ferro in 1934 and took the name of Seguso in 1937 Vetri d'Arte: from an ancient family forge it thus became a real company, especially starting from 1934, when Flavio Poli took over the artistic direction, also becoming a partner in 1937. Flavio Poli designed massive vases of large thickness, sculptures and lamps.