Mario Salvini (Reggio Emilia, 1863 – Florence, 1940)[1] was an Italian ceramist and sculptor.
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He was born in Reggio Emilia, but he had studied at the Florentine Accademia di Belle Arti, and in that city he had established the Salvini ceramic factory.[2]
Among his works displayed at the 1885 Exposition della Società d'Incoraggiamento of Fine Arts in Florence was a stucco model depicting: Night of Gold. In the next year, at the same Exposition, he exhibited a stucco statue: Jugurtha in the Tullian Prison. At Venice, in 1887, Guida; Sciopero. At Bologna, in 1888, he exhibited a project of a bronze fountain, produced in the foundry of Giuseppe Pellas of Florence.
[3] He also exhibited and traveled to the Chicago exposition, and was involved in the production of export ceramics. He exhibited his floral designs at the International Exposition of Turin in 1902. e gradually turned to teaching, and in 1919, he obtained a professorship at the Scuola d'Arte of Veniced, then at the Florentine Istituto d'Arte, where he taught till 1934.[4] His sonse include Celso (Fiesole, 1889 - Florence 1947), a critic of dramatic theater, and Guido (Florence 1893–1965), scenographer.[5]