1928
Riccardo founds the Bottega d’Arte Ceramica Gatti. In keeping with the tradition of the time, the pieces are signed with a sign summarizing the name, and thus the historic logo is born. In the same year he approached the Futurist Movement for which he made a series of ceramics, including the famous table service for Giacomo Balla.
1930
Begins collaboration with Giovanni Guerrini and Giò Ponti.
1938
At the Berlin International Exhibition, Riccardo wins the Gold Medal.
1942
Riccardo wins several prizes at the IV National Ceramic Competition in Faenza.
1948
Dante begins to work alongside his uncle in the workshop.
1972
Dante succeeds Riccardo at the helm of the workshop in the year of his death.
1985
The Bottega starts a new way of making ceramics, inviting some of the most famous Italian and foreign artists to work with the company.
1986
With the Futurism Exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, collaborations with major international exhibitions begin.
1990
Collaborations with Pablo Echaurren and Ugo Nespolo begin, leading many other artists to the Bottega, among them Enrico Baj and Sebastian Matta.
1993
The great work with Alberto Burri, Nero e Oro, is realized. Collaboration with Mimmo Paladino begins, still active today.
1994
The Bottega hosts Arman for the creation of a major cycle of works.
1995
After a few years of frequenting the Bottega, Luigi Ontani made the hall for the Venice Biennale, strengthening the association to this day uninterrupted.
1998
A museum is opened in the historical premises of the factory, with a permanent collection of more than 200 of the rarest ceramic works produced by the Workshop.
2014
Marta develops research of both new forms and reworking of historical ones in a contemporary key.
2015
Upon Dante’s death, the Bottega is succeeded by his four children. Now it is run entirely by Marta and Davide, along with a dozen employees.
2018
Andrea Anastasio becomes artistic director, creating a line that reinterprets some of the manufacture’s classics.
2022
With the arrival of Riccardo Servadei, the fourth generation at work in Bottega debuts.
2023
The Bottega overcomes the difficulties and damages caused by the flood and uses the very same mud to create several icons of the “Madonna delle Grazie”, the protector of Faenza, one of which was given to Pope Francis.
1928
Riccardo founds the Bottega d’Arte Ceramica Gatti. In keeping with the tradition of the time, the pieces are signed with a sign summarizing the name, and thus the historic logo is born. In the same year he approached the Futurist Movement for which he made a series of ceramics, including the famous table service for Giacomo Balla.
1930
Begins collaboration with Giovanni Guerrini and Giò Ponti.
1938
At the Berlin International Exhibition, Riccardo wins the Gold Medal.
1942
Riccardo wins several prizes at the IV National Ceramic Competition in Faenza.
1948
Dante begins to work alongside his uncle in the workshop.
1972
Dante succeeds Riccardo at the helm of the workshop in the year of his death.
1985
The Bottega starts a new way of making ceramics, inviting some of the most famous Italian and foreign artists to work with the company.
1986
With the Futurism Exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, collaborations with major international exhibitions begin.
1990
Collaborations with Pablo Echaurren and Ugo Nespolo begin, leading many other artists to the Bottega, among them Enrico Baj and Sebastian Matta.
1993
The great work with Alberto Burri, Nero e Oro, is realized. Collaboration with Mimmo Paladino begins, still active today.
1994
The Bottega hosts Arman for the creation of a major cycle of works.
1995
After a few years of frequenting the Bottega, Luigi Ontani made the hall for the Venice Biennale, strengthening the association to this day uninterrupted.
1998
A museum is opened in the historical premises of the factory, with a permanent collection of more than 200 of the rarest ceramic works produced by the Workshop.
2014
Marta develops research of both new forms and reworking of historical ones in a contemporary key.
2015
Upon Dante’s death, the Bottega is succeeded by his four children. Now it is run entirely by Marta and Davide, along with a dozen employees.
2018
Andrea Anastasio becomes artistic director, creating a line that reinterprets some of the manufacture’s classics.
2022
With the arrival of Riccardo Servadei, the fourth generation at work in Bottega debuts.
2023
The Bottega overcomes the difficulties and damages caused by the flood and uses the very same mud to create several icons of the “Madonna delle Grazie”, the protector of Faenza, one of which was given to Pope Francis.
