Manifattura Di Albissola Biography
Albissola ceramics were produced in the territory of the Abisole, the current Abisola Superiore and Abissola Marina. At the beginning of the fifteenth century, ceramic craftsmanship began in Albissola; red clay and white earth were mined from the beach, excellent for producing especially crockery and ceramics decorated with enamel. The main manufacturing techniques were engobe and graphite. In the sixteenth century, the production of covering tiles and berettino majolica began, decorated with deep blue motifs, similar to those typical of Portuguese and Spanish azulejos. Objects were also made, enamelled in white and then decorated with stylized figures in blue, seascapes, flowers, animals, mythological and biblical elements. In the eighteenth century the blue color was gradually abandoned and production was limited to simple and popular terracottas. New colors were then progressively introduced such as manganese pink, light brown and at the beginning of the 19th century black earthenware and fire cookware also came into production. With Futurism, Albissola was filled with artists, including Tullio d'Albisola, Manlio Trucco, Lucio Fontana, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Arturo Martini, and many others.
