With a careful work of research, the biography and artistic career of Valentino Cavalieri (1896 – post 1963) is now accessible. Cavalieri was a talented ceramist, who worked in Duilio Cambellotti’s circle. Archival evidence shows that he was born in Civita Castellana, into a family of ceramists. After WWI he moved to Rome, where he fruitfully collaborated with Renato Bassanelli until the first half of 1926. When he was compelled to leave his laboratory in via Tor de’ Specchi because of the program of demolitions ordered by Mussolini to build the “Via del Mare”, he migrated to Argentina. In Argentina, he gained full recognition and his early, high quality works were awarded local prizes. He often collaborated with sculptor Luis Perlotti, “translating” some his works into ceramic artifacts.
