Description
The Wolfsoniana is the museum of Italian decorative arts and propaganda from 1880 to 1945, in the Nervi Parks, at the far eastern end of Genoa: furniture, glass, ceramics, posters and paintings, from Art Nouveau to Art Deco to Rationalism.
Among the most curious pieces is the Antonio Rubino room, from 1921, with two chairs shaped like a seated child; then a Neo-Egyptian room by the Fabbi brothers, made around 1890 for a palazzo in Guastalla, the furniture by Carlo Bugatti inspired by Islamic art, and Luigi Vietti's armchair for Genoa's maritime station.
The collection, more than eighteen thousand pieces, belongs to Mitchell Wolfson Jr., a collector born in Miami in 1939, who founded The Wolfsonian museum in his hometown and, after a diplomatic career, moved to Genoa, where he opened a second branch.
Among the most curious pieces is the Antonio Rubino room, from 1921, with two chairs shaped like a seated child; then a Neo-Egyptian room by the Fabbi brothers, made around 1890 for a palazzo in Guastalla, the furniture by Carlo Bugatti inspired by Islamic art, and Luigi Vietti's armchair for Genoa's maritime station.
The collection, more than eighteen thousand pieces, belongs to Mitchell Wolfson Jr., a collector born in Miami in 1939, who founded The Wolfsonian museum in his hometown and, after a diplomatic career, moved to Genoa, where he opened a second branch.