Carlo Bugatti

Carlo Bugatti ( born February 16, 1856 in Milan, † March 31, 1940 in Molsheim, Alsace ) was an Italian designer, decorator and architect. He was the brother of Luigia Bugatti, who was the wife of his friend, fellow students and the painter Giovanni Segantini since 1880. In addition, he maintained a friendship with the composer Giacomo Puccini.

Training and beginnings

The son of the architect and sculptor Giovanni Luigi Bugatti studied architecture at the Milan Accademia di Brera and from 1875 at the Paris Académie des Beaux -Arts. In 1880 he married Teresa Lorioli and began his career in Milan as an architect, but he later devoted himself to furniture design, which soon helped him to get famous. By 1904 he held a workshop on the Via Castelfiardo 6 in Milan.

Art style

With his personal version of Art Nouveau, he created very original and extravagant furniture, which mostly remained unique pieces. Later simpler furniture was manufactured in series.

Bugatti artistic works were inspired by Asian, especially Turkish and Japanese ornaments and characters. His style, which was influenced by the new art, differed by the use of:

• Unusual materials such as ivory,
• Exotic woods,
• Ceramics,
• Copper and parchment inlays,
• Musical instruments,
• Mother of pearl,
• Silverware,
• Textiles.

Exhibitions

The first exhibition of Bugatti furniture found in 1888 at the Milan Art Industrial Fair. In the summer of the same year to participate in the first international exhibition, the Italian Exhibition in London followed. On her Bugatti had his first success outside Italy because his furniture won a prize there. His furniture in the " Bugatti " style were then known internationally - for example, the "Turkish Salon" of New York's Waldorf Hotel was equipped with Bugatti furniture.

It was followed by other exhibitions in Amsterdam and Antwerp as well as reports in international journals, which further strengthened his reputation. He was present at many international exhibitions and has won numerous major awards. In 1900, Bugatti took part in the Paris World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 and won a silver medal for his furniture. In 1902 he triumphed in Turin at the International Exhibition of Decorative modern art. His Lady's writing desk with chair of 1902 is covered as exceptional materials with parchment and copper sheet.

Retirement

1904, aged 48 years, Carlo Bugatti sold his Milan studio and moved to Paris. There he worked for the Department Stores Department Stores Dufayel and Le Bon Marche, created silver vessels and bronze utensils and turned more to painting. After only 6 years, in 1910, he retired to Pierrefonds Compiegne in back. He straightened up his own studio and was from 1914 to 1918 even mayor of Pierrefonds. In 1937, two years after the death of his wife, the now 81 -year-old Carlo Bugatti moved to his son Ettore after Molsheim in Alsace, who had built there his factory.

Family

With his wife, Teresa Lorioli, he had three children: Deanice Bugatti (1883-1932), Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947), car designer and entrepreneur ( Bugatti ), and Rembrandt Bugatti ( 1885-1916 ), animal sculptor.

Carlo looked for his two sons, also on an artistic career. However, this path only hit a Rembrandt; While Ettore began studying art in Milan, before joining but after intercession by a family friend, Dominique Lumberjack, 1897 to Milan carmaker Prinetti & Stucchi. Yet 1902 was Carlos signature required as of yet of age Ettore received a contract of employment as chief engineer at De Dietrich.