Mariano Fortuny
- Nationality
- Italian
- Occupation
- Versatile artist
The designer Mariano Fortuny born in Granada, May 11, 1871. All his childhood, he was immersed in the heart of design, raised by a large family of artists. Mariano Fortuny moved to Paris with his mother and his sister, where he decided to take painting lessons with the famous Benjamin Constant and sculpture classes in the Rodin studio.
Pretty soon, Mariano Fortuny reveals his artistic talent. Indeed, he is inspired by an industrious creativity and becomes a prolific painter, a bookbinder, an engraver, a sculptor, a photographer but also an architect. Very versatile, he quickly becomes famous and his creations seduce more and more the community.
After his adolescence, the artist decides to move to Venice in 1889 where he will finish the rest of his life. During his career, with the "dome of Fortuny", he transforms the stage lighting and theatrical art of theater by exploiting his theories on soft and indirect light.
Creations always more original, worked, clean and design that perfectly reflect the work of Mariano Fortuny. This eternal passion for the fine arts and design will work until his death on creations and products.
Years later, his works are still seductive and Mariano Fortuny is an icon of design. Its products decorate, dress, illuminate your interiors by bringing personality and character.
