print email comment close Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass URL: http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/lino/ Description: Exhibition on glass artist Lino Tagliapietra, whose "career -- from a childhood spent working in glass factories in Murano, Italy, through maturation as a designer and craftsman for industry, to full fruition as an independent artist -- is unusual under any circumstance and unheard of in American studio glass." View over 25 images of the artist's work. (Move cursor over images to bring up details about each piece.) From the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Publisher: Smithsonian American Art Museum LII Database Information: Record 27632 created by Sybil Finemel on 01/05/2009 Last modification on 01/12/2009 Published: 01/14/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27632