Hand-decorated ceramics that bring together a love of painting, colour and nature.
‘… in that art is sometimes above nature’
Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, The Hague, 3 January 1883
For this collaboration, Ceramica Francesco De Maio transformed Van Gogh’s paintings into hand-decorated ceramics. Working together with the Van Gogh Museum, the studio created a collection centred on nature and rooted in creativity, craftsmanship and a shared love of colour and painting.
The collection features hand-decorated Italian ceramics and majolica, a type of earthenware with coloured decorations on an opaque white tin glaze base. Technicians, graphic designers and master decorators spent three years developing the first prototypes, meticulously reinterpreting Van Gogh’s paintings through glazes, colours and decorative details.
The collection draws inspiration from works including Almond Blossom, Sunflowers, Flowering Plum Orchard, Irises and Self-Portrait with Straw Hat. Each of these iconic masterpieces reflects Van Gogh’s close connection to nature – a theme that also lies at the heart of this collection.
Since 1963, Ceramica Francesco De Maio has been creating handmade Vietri majolica on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. The studio keeps the ceramics tradition of Vietri sul Mare alive while continuing to innovate through contemporary collections and exclusive collaborations.
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