Fortuny Stories

From Granada to Venice: Mariano Fortuny’s early years

Mariano Buenaventura Isabel Federico Mamerto Cecilio de la Santísima Trinidad was born on 11 May...

The Studio 76 Floor Lamp – A Piece of History!

Mariano Fortuny was a pioneer in a broad range of disciplines. A man who loved...

Isadora Duncan: a forceful personality, on and off the stage

Isadora Duncan danse sur la plage © Arnold Genthe/Wikimedia Isadora Duncan (San Francisco, California 1878...

Studio 1907: the making of an iconic lamp

The Fortuny Studio 1907 lamps are the direct result of Mariano Fortuny research into stage...

The History of Fortuny’s Glass Lamps

Mariano Fortuny regularly found inspiration in such a diverse array of cultures. He was fascinated...

Mariano Fortuny’s youth among art and inventions

Throughout the early 1890s Mariano Fortuny dedicated himself to a cycle of paintings and engravings...

A living work of art: the Marchesa Luisa Casati

The Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957) during the first half of the twentieth century was Europe's...

Henriette: the Muse

Adèle Henriette Elisabeth Nigrin was born on October 4th 1877 in Fontainebleau, where she lived...

Delphos Fortuny: the story of a dress that became an icon

“Man is mortal because of his fears and immortal because of his desires”, Pythagoras. For...

The streamlined looks of Mariano Fortuny and Issey Miyake

The question if haute couture should respond to artistic criteria or to practicality has hovered...