Flavio Poli
{{Short description|Italian artist and designer (1900–1984)}}
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Flavio Poli (1900–1984) was an Italian artist, known for his designs in glass.{{cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/flavio-poli/past-auction-results|title=Flavio Poli Auction Results|work=Artnet|access-date=16 April 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.barovier.it/novecento/poli/flavio_poli.htm|title=Flavio Poli|publisher=Barovier & Toso|access-date=16 April 2017}}
Born in 1900, he was trained at the {{Lang|it|Istituto d'Arte di Venezia}}, then began work as a ceramicist.
In 1929, he began working for the company "I.V.A.M." ({{lang|it|Industrie Vetraie Artistiche Murano}}) as a designer of glassware. He was appointed artistic director of {{lang|it|Barovier, Seguso & Ferro}} (later {{lang|it|Seguso Vetri d’Arte}}) in 1934, where he devised a style of 'submerged' glass, with several transparent layers, one over the other.{{cite web|url=http://museovetro.visitmuve.it/en/il-museo/layout-and-collections/glass-20th-century/|title=1900–1970: glass and design – Museo del Vetro|publisher=Murano Glass Museum|access-date=16 April 2017}} Within three years, he was a partner in the company. Poli received one of the inaugural Compasso d'Oro awards in 1954 for the Seguso “Mod. 9822” blue-ruby glass vase.{{Cite web |title=MOD 9822 VASE |url=https://www.adidesignmuseum.org/en/schede/mod-9822-vase/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=ADI Design Museum |language=en-US}} He left Seguso in 1963.{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-05-08 |title=Artistica Soffiera Seguso |url=https://museovetro.visitmuve.it/en/mostre-en/archivio-mostre-en/seguso-art-glass-1932-1973/2013/05/5653/artistica-soffiera-seguso/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Museo del Vetro |language=it-IT}}
From 1964 to 1966 he led the artistic glass division of the {{lang|it|Società Veneziana di Conterie e Cristallerie}}.
Poli died in 1984. A number of his works are in the Murano Glass Museum, as well as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London;{{Citation |last1=Poli |first1=Flavio |title=Bowl |date=1950–1955 |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O6226/bowl-poli-flavio/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |last2=Seguso Vetri d'Arte}} the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia;{{cite web|url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/10876/|title=Flavio POLI|publisher=National Gallery of Victoria|access-date=16 April 2017}} the Corning Museum of Glass,{{Cite web |title=Flavio Poli |url=https://glasscollection.cmog.org/advancedsearch/Objects/people:Flavio%20Poli |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Corning Museum of Glass}} and the Metropolitan Museum and Museum of Modern Art in New York.{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/4669|title=Flavio Poli|publisher=MoMA|access-date=16 April 2017}}{{Cite web |title=Flavio Poli {{!}} "Corroso" Vase |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/484663 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art |language=en}}
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