MANUFACTURE: IPA (Italy)
NAME: Autumn
YEAR: 1950-th
CONDITION: Minor damages of flowers. NO BOX.
HEIGHT: 7 inch / 17 cm
WIDTH: 3 1/2 inch / 9 cm
DEEP: 3 1/2 inch / 9 cm
CATEGORY: porcelain ceramic statue figure figurine sculpture
SKU#: 111368
WARRANTY: 7 days returns accepted if item doesn't match description

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After the Royal Capodimonte Factory closure in 1834, many of the "Kings" artists and modelers split off to open their own studios. By 1925 there were many Italian porcelain factories making Capodimonte style porcelains, and using the famous "N" crown.
The first real stirrings in the rebirth of the Capodimonte traditions appeared in 1925, when Signora Carozzi, a gifted lady who had been inspired by the ancient masters of the Capodimonte traditions, founded the Industria Lombardo Porcellane Artistiche (ILPA). While the traditions of the Capodimonte art form were respected, copying the old masterpieces was discouraged. Instead, the young artists who flocked to ILPA were challenged to discover for themselves, much as the artists at Capodimonte had done before them. Although ILPA played a pivotal role in the renaissance of the Capodimonte art form, it was simply the spark that was then snuffed out.
ILPS was disbanded, but from this now-forgotten porcelain factory a new, more famous company, IPA (Industria Porcellane Artistiche), emerged. IPA was committed to uncompromising standards. Formulas for new porcelains were discovered, and artists and sculptors created not only the ornate and romantic traditional court figures, but also figures that revealed the vitality and complexity of the everiday life of the Italian people.
Though the courtly figures remained ornate, the figures and groupings of peasants and the working class were stripped clean of ornamentation. Instead, facial expressions and body movements revealed a detailed realism that captured life's pathos and its humor.
IPA survived the turmoil of World War II with its reputation among connoisseurs intact. Artists Giuseppe Cappe, Bruno Merli, Sandro Maggioni, Alessandro Tosca, Giorgio Pellate, Redaelli were among the most important artists to work for IPA during the post-war period.