Gres Bowl Bruno Gambone Italy 1970's

Glazed stoneware bowl with colored parallel stripes decoration
signed Guido Gambone TBC
1960s

Stoneware bowl decorated with parallel colored rays signed Gambone TBC Bruno Gambone was born in Vietri sul Mare (Salerno) in 1936. As a young man, from 1950 onwards, he devoted himself to ceramics and gained experience in the Florentine studio of his father Guido, one of the greatest Italian ceramists of the 20th century. Upon his debut in 1960, he moved to New York, where he frequented Rauschenberg, Nevelson, Stella, Lichtenstein and Warhol. In addition to painting and sculpture, he also worked in theater and cinema. In 1968, he returned to Italy and settled in Milan, a city renowned for contemporary art. The following year, after his father's death, Gambone returned to Florence, devoting himself exclusively to ceramics. He has participated in numerous exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale and the Milan Triennale. He died in Florence in 2021.