1948
"Damasco”  and  “Corinto"  series  from  Barovier.  -  Giulio
  Radi  (1895-1952)  Works  for  AVEM  (metallised  glass
at  the  Biennale  1948  and  1950).  -  Commedia
dell'Arte,  design  Fulvio  Bianconi  for  Venini  1948-1950.
-  Dino  Martens:  glass  for  Aureliano  Toso.
24th  Venice  Biennale:  Firms  taking  part  include  Francesco ­
  Andolfato  /  Venice;  AVEM  /  Murano  (artistic  director:
  Giulio  Radi),  Cenedese  &  C.  /  Murano  (designs ­
  by  Alfredo  Barbini),  Barovier  &  Toso  /  Murano,
Anzolo  Fuga  e  Fratelli  /  Murano,  Aldo  Fuga  /  Murano,
Romeo  Ongaro  /  Venice,  SALIR  /  Murano,  Seguso
Vetri  d’Arte  /  Murano,  Societä  Veneziana  Conterie  e
Cristallerie  /  Venice  (peari  work  to  designs  by  Maria
Damerini),  Aureliano  Toso  /  Murano  (vases  to  designs
by  Dino  Martens),  Fratelli  Toso  /  Murano,  Venini  /  Murano ­
  (“Le  maschere  italiane”  to  designs  by  Fulvio  Bianconi). ­

1950
Alfredo  Barbini,  previously  empioyed  by  Gino  Cenedese, ­
  founds  the  firm  of  “Alfredo  Barbini  Vetri  Artistici",
  employing  his  son  Flavio.  -  Founding  of  the
“Centro  Studio  Pittori  neli’arte  del  Vetro”  with  the
participation  of  world  famous  artists  like  Picasso,  Kokoschka, ­
  Chagall,  Alexander  Calder,  Le  Corbusier.  -
Giorgio  Ferro  designs  vases  with  "winged  handles”.  -
Biennale:  muiti-coloured  cased  glass  by  Flavio  Poli.
1951
“Vetro  pezzato"  (patchwork  glass)  by  Venini  at  the
Milan  Triennale.
1952
“Vetri  a  nastro  iilla”  by  Archimede  Seguso.  -  “Vetri  astrali"
  by  Flavio  Poli  for  Seguso.  -  “Vaso  a  reazione
nucleare”  by  V.  Vianello  für  F.  Toso.
1954
“Valva"  by  Flavio  Poli  at  the  Triennale.  -  “Vasi  milleocchi”
  and  “Vasi  atomici"  (designs  by  Vinicio  Vianello  for
SALIR).  -  “Vetri  aborigeni”,  design  by  Ercole  Barovier
(Barovier  &  Toso).
27th  Venice  Biennale:  Firms  taking  part  include  Francesco ­
  Andolfato  /  Venice  (vases  to  designs  by
F.  Quaia  and  Giulio  Padoan),  Arte  Vetraria  Muranese
(AVEM),  Murano  (designs  by  Giorgio  Ferro),  Alfredo
Barbini  /  Murano,  Barovier  &  Toso  /  Murano  (figure  to
a  design  by  Angelo  Barovier),  Gino  Cenedese  /  Murano, ­
  Dalla  Venezia  Martinuzzi  /  Murano,  Domus  -  Vetri ­
  d’Arte  /  Murano  (to  a  design  by  Anzolo  Fuga),
Ferro  &  Lazzarini  /  Murano  (object  to  design  by  Prof.
E.  Rizzetto),  Industrie  Vetrarie  Riunite  /  Murano  (design ­
  Scarpa  Croce),  Riccardo  Licata  /  Venice,  SALIR  /
Murano  (“Mille  occhi"  and  “Murano"  to  designs  by
Vinicio  Vianello,  “Vasi  astrali”  to  a  design  by  Francesco ­
  Pelzei),  Archimede  Seguso  /  Murano,  Seguso
Vetri  d’Arte  /  Murano  (design  Flavio  Poli),  Alberto
Toso  &  C.  /  Murano  (designs  by  Vinicio  Vianello),
Aureliano  Toso  /  Murano  (designs  by  Dino  Martens),
Fratelli  Toso  /  Murano,  Venini  /  Murano,  Arturo  Zaniol
  /  Murano  (to  designs  by  Renzo  Zaniol  of  SALIR),
Tono  Zancanaro/  Padua.
1955
Galliano  Ferro  ieaves  AVEM  and  founds  “Galliano
Ferro";  artistic  director:  his  son  Giorgio  Ferro  (“Stoccarda"
  series).  -  Exhibition  at  Basle  museum  of  arts
and  crafts:  glass  from  Murano  to  designs  by  Picasso,
Leger,  Kokoschka,  Calder,  Bracque,  Le  Corbusier,
Lobo,  Bodmer.

1957-1958
Large  touring  exhibition  of  glass  from  Murano  in  Germany
  (Hanover,  Baden-Baden,  Pforzheim,  Karlsruhe,
Frankfurt,  Düsseldorf,  Hamburg)  and  Austria  (Vienna,
Graz,  Linz).
1958
Founding  of  the  firm  of  “Carlo  Moretti  S.  N.C.".
1959
Death  of  Paolo  Venini;  Ludovico  Diaz  de  Santillana
takes  over  the  management  of  the  Company.  -  Antonio ­
  Da  Ros  works  for  Cenedese.
1960
30th  Biennale  in  Venice:  Firms  exhibiting  include  Arte
Vetraria  Muranese  /  Murano  (“Vaso  Astrale.”  of  Anzolo
Fuga);  Alfredo  Barbini  /  Murano;  Caterina  Biondi  /
Venice,  Gino  Cenedese  /  Murano,  Galliano  Ferro/
Murano,  I.  V.  R.  Mazzega  /  Murano,  Nason  &  Moretti  /
Murano,  Franco  Purisiol  /  Venice,  Salviati  &  C.  /  Venice ­
  (designs  by  the  architect  Chirivi),  SALIR  f  Murano ­
  (with  some  designs  by  F.  Pelzei),  Archimede  Seguso ­
  /  Murano,  Seguso  Vetri  d’arte  /  Murano  (designs ­
  by  Flavio  Poli),  Seguso  -  Dalla  Venezia  /  Murano ­
  (designs  by  Ezio  Rizzetto),  Aureliano  Toso  /  Murano ­
  (design  by  Dino  Martens),  Fratelli  Toso,  Guglielmo
  Vistosi  /  Murano,  Venini  S.  A.  /  Murano,  Laura
Zanon  /  Venice.

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