Mario MASCARIN (* 1901, † 1966)

Mario Mascarin was one of the first Swiss ceramists to fire glazes at high temperatures, making him one of the most important studio ceramists in the Swiss Confederation.

1901
born in Rivarolo Ligure, Italy

1920-1923
Trained as an accountant and served in the military

1924-1925
started working as a journalist

1926
first contact with ceramics in a manufactory in Nove, Italy

1929-1931
works in a pottery in Norway

1936-1939
works in a ceramics studio in Waidberg

1940-1943
heads the art ceramics department of the Thayngen brickworks

1944-1946
is plant manager at the Basel ceramics firm Paul Eisen

1946-1966
owns ceramics workshop in Muttenz, Switzerland

1966
died in Muttenz, Switzerland