Museo della Ceramica Manlio Trucco
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Manlio Trucco Ceramics Museum
The museum is housed in the home-studio of the painter and ceramicist Manlio Trucco, one of the leading figures of the Albisola artistic revival of the 1920s and 1930s. The building was donated by the artist to the Municipality of Albisola Superiore, so that it could be transformed into a museum with the aim of bearing witness to the centuries-old history of the Albisola tradition. The visit route starts from the exhibition of twentieth-century pieces, with works by Trucco himself, to arrive at archaeological finds from the medieval period.
Albisola ceramics, already known in the 15th century, were destined to undergo great development in the following century. In 1578 members of the Conrado family moved to France, to Nevers, to set up maiolica factories there, while other Albisola masters were working at the time in Seville and Lyon. During the 17th century, Albisola Superiore had shared with neighbouring Albissola Marina and with Savona the fortunes of the great Baroque period, as exemplified in the Museum by a sampling of vases on loan from the San Martino Hospital of Genoa, a considerable part of which comes from Albisola factories (Grosso and Gerolamo Merega).
The museum is housed in the workshop-home of the painter and ceramicist Manlio Trucco, one of the leading figures in the artistic revival of Albisola during the 1920s and 1930s. The building was donated by the artist to the Municipality of Albisola Superiore, so that it could be transformed into a museum to bear witness to the centuries-old history of the Albisola tradition. The visit path begins with an exhibition of twentieth-century pieces, including works by Trucco himself, and continues through to archaeological finds from the medieval period.
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Manlio Trucco Ceramics Museum
The museum is housed in the home-studio of the painter and ceramicist Manlio Trucco, one of the leading figures of the Albisola artistic revival of the 1920s and 1930s. The building was donated by the artist to the Municipality of Albisola Superiore, so that it could be transformed into a museum with the aim of bearing witness to the centuries-old history of the Albisola tradition. The visit route starts from the exhibition of twentieth-century pieces, with works by Trucco himself, to arrive at archaeological finds from the medieval period.
Albisola ceramics, already known in the 15th century, were destined to undergo great development in the following century. In 1578 members of the Conrado family moved to France, to Nevers, to set up maiolica factories there, while other Albisola masters were working at the time in Seville and Lyon. During the 17th century, Albisola Superiore had shared with neighbouring Albissola Marina and with Savona the fortunes of the great Baroque period, as exemplified in the Museum by a sampling of vases on loan from the San Martino Hospital of Genoa, a considerable part of which comes from Albisola factories (Grosso and Gerolamo Merega).
