Tarcisio Tosin Biography
The Venetian ceramist, born Cles in 1904, Tarcisio Tosin completed his training at the Art Institute of Nove as a student of Roberto Rosati. After having collaborated with his father Marco, ceramist at the "Antonibon" factory in Nove di Bassano and a short apprenticeship at the small "Taddei" factory, he worked at various local factories. In 1914 the family moved to Verona where Tarcisio completed his studies at the local Art School and found work, starting in 1918, at the "Cassandrini" ceramics factory, directed by his father. Here he met Alessandro Zarpellon and the brothers Giuseppe and Giovanni Pizzolotto. In 1926 he was entrusted with the role of director of the "Borromeo" factory in Isola Bella, on Lake Maggiore. The production of the factory, in the years of Tosin's management, bears the mark, painted in black, of a princely crown in black with the words superimposed underneath: "ISOLA BELLA". In 1928 Tosin moved to Vicenza where he took over the management of the "Fratelli Brotto" ceramic factory, which he took over in 1932 and gave it the name "La Freccia". The new brand is represented by an arrow, drawn vertically, on the sides of which appear the initials FS imposed for a commercial agreement by the retailer Faone Scardin. In the same years he also dedicated himself to teaching as a teacher of applied ceramics at the School of Arts and Crafts in Vicenza. His creativity and imagination led him, in the 1930s, to create ceramics with a humorous and popular flavor in which the technical and stylistic abilities of the figures and the taste for a singular and cheerful palette stand out. He also makes some interesting futurist ceramics. In 1946 he was entrusted with the preparation of the First Trade Fair of Vicenza. Starting from 1950, as President of the Artisans Association of Vicenza, he was part of the Board of Directors of the Vicenza Fair Authority. Tarcisio Tosin worked until 1985 and died in Vicenza in 1999.
