Aldo Tura

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Aldo Tura (* 1909 ; † 1963 ) was an Italian furniture designer .

Life

Little is known in literature about the life of Tura. The experimental furniture designer has been handcrafting tables, cupboards and lamps since the 1930s. In 1939 he founded his own furniture workshop in Lombardy near Milan .

His style mix of Art Deco and Art Nouveau with minimalist design went beyond the limits of traditional craftsmanship. Following the Art Deco movement, which focused on straight lines and angles, Tura's designs now contained flowing lines and free forms. The limited edition of Tura's work is of high quality, some pieces only existed as prototypes. In his designs he used a wide range of unusual materials such as eggshells, parchment, goatskin and wood veneers. His objects, often in the colors red, green and yellow (more rarely in dark blue or purple) were occasionally provided with wheels or caster feet as well as with bronze or brass fittings. Bar cabinets in different sizes and with different functionality, from filigree trolleys to large floor cabinets, formed the focus of the work in Tura's workshop. They were equipped with accessories such as ice buckets, carafes, humidors, ashtrays and cocktail shakers, most of which were covered with lacquered goatskin.

When, in the post-war years, many furniture manufacturers turned to mass production, Tura remained committed to traditional craftsmanship. Its preferred complicated and complex shapes brought with it labor-intensive processes that did not allow industrial production in large numbers. In the 1950s Tura also produced hand-painted seating furniture with motifs of architectural or Venetian landscapes.

The Brooklyn Museum in New York City is showing some of Tura's works that were originally part of the traveling exhibition Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today 1950–53 .

The Tura company in Lazzate , Italy , continues to produce furniture based on the style of the designer who died in 1963.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Aldo Tura, Italy. In: pamono.com, with pictures of Tura's work
  2. ↑ a b c Aldo Tura (Italian, 1909–1963). In: artnet
  3. ↑ a b c d Aldo Tura. In: modernism.com
  4. ^ A b Troy Seidman: The Enigma of Aldo Tura. In: modernmag.com from June 7, 2016
  5. ↑ Tura . In: tura.it
personal data
SURNAME Tura, Aldo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian furniture designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1909
DATE OF DEATH 1963