Axel Salto (1889 - 1961) - photo 1

Axel Salto

Axel Johannes Salto was an internationally renowned Danish ceramic artist. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1909 to 1914.

Axel Salto visited Paris in 1916, where he met Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. This meeting was a landmark for Salto's creative ambitions and his influence on the innovative ideas of the time.

Throughout the 1920s his artistic focus shifted from painting to ceramics, and between 1923 and 1950 he created around 3,000 different ceramic pieces.

From the mid-1930s he worked mainly at the Royal Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen. Here Salto developed his ceramics, experimenting with unusually rich glazes and organic shapes.

Date and place of birt:17 november 1889, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date and place of death:21 march 1961, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Nationality:Denmark
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Ceramist, Porcelain modeler
Art style:Art Nouveau, Modern art

Creators Denmark

Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770 - 1844)
Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770 - 1844
Michael Peter Ancher (1849 - 1927)
Michael Peter Ancher
1849 - 1927
Peder Mork Monsted (1859 - 1941)
Peder Mork Monsted
1859 - 1941
Fritz Gotfred Thomsen (1819 - 1891)
Fritz Gotfred Thomsen
1819 - 1891
Carl Neumann (1833 - 1891)
Carl Neumann
1833 - 1891
Flemming Lassen (1902 - 1984)
Flemming Lassen
1902 - 1984
Karl Opfermann (1891 - 1960)
Karl Opfermann
1891 - 1960
Louis Gurlitt (1812 - 1897)
Louis Gurlitt
1812 - 1897
Daniel Herman Anton Melbye (1818 - 1875)
Daniel Herman Anton Melbye
1818 - 1875
Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819 - 1881)
Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann
1819 - 1881
Johan Wilhelm Gertner (1818 - 1871)
Johan Wilhelm Gertner
1818 - 1871
Carl Frederick Ogor (1833 - 1895)
Carl Frederick Ogor
1833 - 1895
Herman Wilhelm Bissen (1798 - 1868)
Herman Wilhelm Bissen
1798 - 1868
Kaj Ejstrup (1902 - 1956)
Kaj Ejstrup
1902 - 1956
Oscar Cahén (1916 - 1956)
Oscar Cahén
1916 - 1956
Frants Peter Didrik Henningsen (1850 - 1908)
Frants Peter Didrik Henningsen
1850 - 1908

Creators Art Nouveau

Pio Semeghini (1878 - 1954)
Pio Semeghini
1878 - 1954
Victor Vasarely (1906 - 1997)
Victor Vasarely
1906 - 1997
Christian Peschke (1946 - 2017)
Christian Peschke
1946 - 2017
Gavin Turk (1967)
Gavin Turk
1967
Ida Gerhardi (1862 - 1927)
Ida Gerhardi
1862 - 1927
Theodor Schultz-Walbaum (1892 - 1977)
Theodor Schultz-Walbaum
1892 - 1977
Elisabeth Büchsel (1867 - 1957)
Elisabeth Büchsel
1867 - 1957
Gösta Adrian-Nilsson (1884 - 1965)
Gösta Adrian-Nilsson
1884 - 1965
Thomas Baumgartner (1892 - 1962)
Thomas Baumgartner
1892 - 1962
Fritz Klimsch (1870 - 1960)
Fritz Klimsch
1870 - 1960
Ulrich Knispel (1911 - 1978)
Ulrich Knispel
1911 - 1978
Rudolf Kuhlmann (1901 - 1976)
Rudolf Kuhlmann
1901 - 1976
Carl Mathorne (1878 - 1942)
Carl Mathorne
1878 - 1942
Tyeb (Tayyabb) Mehta (1925 - 2009)
Tyeb (Tayyabb) Mehta
1925 - 2009
Ramon Casas (1866 - 1932)
Ramon Casas
1866 - 1932
Arnold Blanch (1896 - 1968)
Arnold Blanch
1896 - 1968