Popular Antonio Vitali carved wooden Animal Toy little Sheep - Very rare - Perfect Gift

Antonio Vitali wooden Animal Toy little Sheep - Vintage Swiss Design - Very rare

Size: 8 cm x 5 cm x 2,5 cm

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About:

Antonio Vitali (1909–2008) was a Swiss toy designer, sculptor and maker known for creating handmade wooden toys. In addition to his own workshop in Zurich, Switzerland, he also had a long relationship as toy designer with the U.S. toy company, Creative Playthings.

Vitali was a son of Italian and Swiss parents. He studied under the well-known Swiss sculptor, Otto Münch, and at the Bauhaus-inspired Zurich School of the Applied Arts (Kunstgewerbeschule) in the late-1920s.

When asked what really motivated him to develop toys, Vitali said, "I became a father at a young age and wanted to buy my children their first toys. The squeaky, mostly horrible looking rubber animals and celluloid rattles that were sold at that time did not satisfy me."
Although adults found his toys not realistic enough, he observed that children were completely enthralled and fascinated by his creations. His abstract figures challenged children's imagination.

In 1944, Vitali opened his workshop and store in the old town of Zurich at Neumarkt 4. He primarily worked with Larch wood from the Engadin area of Switzerland. This was the beginning of the Vitali legacy of producing hand carved, carefully rounded toys that evolved from his observation of how his own children play.
His toys being highlighted by the Swiss artist popular and architect Max Bill, in the book "FORM" about contemporary design. In the 1950-ties Vitali cooperated with the American toy producer Creative Playthings and designed unique and special toys under the label "Playforms" for the US American market.



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