Topic: Royo painted enamel

[Ivo]

Well I talked to the Gordiola people at the time and they confirmed Royo was an enameler from Cataluna (so NOT Mallorca) who used their blanks to enamel. Whether or not he was full or part time resident at the factory or had his own studio on the main land remains unclear. What is clear, however, is that he specialised in mudejar themes and some of the larger works are  absolutely miracles of complexity.

In later life he used any blank he could find - like Italian made tea mugs and peanut bowls.  One such bowl in the shape of an elephant turned up which was produced by Stiver AFTER 1966 - so we can be pretty sure he was still doing it around 1970.

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I have also just linked to a bowl on my Gordiola Glass plate thread that is signed Royo and is dated 1977.
link here - small bowl enamelled and with Bon Natale 1977 on it signed Royo
http://www.todocoleccion.net/vidrio-esmaltado-firmado-royo~x27465872

They are wonderful Ivo - but some are pretty standard fare.  Cirera also decorated beautifully.  I had wondered if there was alink between Cirera and Royo (some sort of familial link) because there are similarities and the piece I found in the book seemed to say Cirera's business was taken over by his daughter and son.  No names of either given though in the book.  But it could just be that the similarities are coincidental and it's a 'Spanish' way of enamelling perhaps.
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[Ivo]

According to "La Verrerie Européenne des années 50" which is an exhibition catalogue Marseille 1988:

Genis Cirera Casanovas, born 1890 in Badalona, died 1970 in Barcelona. Started glass decorating at age 11 using a technique he designed himself and continued to decorate until well into the 1960s. Prizes and distinctions: 1928-1953 numerous distinctions from the Artes Decorativas in Bilbao, Barcelona, Sabadell, Manresa, Vic, Sitges, and Lleida. 1953 prix d'honneur on the internatoinal exhibition in Madrid. Exhibitions: 1984 Barcelona "Cent Anys de Vidre Artistic" and 1986: Barcelona "Llegat Abrate als Museus de Barcelone"

 

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which matches the information I put on this thread here about Cirera
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,54597.msg309336.html#msg309336

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