Pinto-vietri Biography
Vincenzo Pinto, born on 6 April 1870 in Vietri sul Mare, came from a family involved in the Vietri ceramic industry since the 17th century. After starting a terracotta factory in the hamlet of Molina di Vietri, he also rented the factory on the ground floor of Palazzo Pizzicara, in the heart of Vietri sul Mare. The company undertakes a significant export activity, also extended to the sector of artistic ceramic furnishings. After Vincenzo Pinto's death in 1939, the company passed to the management of his wife and three children. In the 1950s, the artistic direction of Ceramica Pinto was entrusted to the Hungarian sculptor Amerigo Tot, who created the first sketches for the creation of the bas-relief on the facade of Rome's Termini Station. During that period, Giuseppe Capogrossi also collaborated with Ceramica Pinto, creating five decorative modules for the tiles, now preserved in the company's historical archive. In 1959, Raffaele Pinto, to improve productivity, replaced the old wood-fired oven with a tunnel oven powered by diesel. This innovation allowed the company to prepare for the boom of the 1960s, increasing production without compromising the artisanal quality of its floors, thus satisfying the growing demand of the construction sector. Raffaele Pinto died on December 5, 2003, passing the baton to the third Pinto generation.
