BOLOGNA LAMP

Paulo Werneck

YEAR: 2014
DIMENSIONS W x D x H (cm): 33 x 13 x 78cm
FINISH: Ceramic
TIMBER: Freijo, Imbuia, Jequitiba, Sucupira
WARRANTY: 1 Year
LEAD TIME: Approx. 16-18 weeks

Handmade to order. Re-edited by ETEL. Embedded with a seal certifying its authenticity and part of the ETEL collection.

The Bologna Lamp, with its pyramidal shape, was based on a sconce created by Paulo Werneck in 1962 for a house on Paqueta Island.

The mosaic was taken from the mural created by Werneck for the Clube de Juiz de Fora sports club, designed by architect Francisco Bolonha. The piece is a reinterpretation of Paulo Werneck’s work by his grandson, Gaspar Saldanha, in a partnership with ETEL.

PAULO WERNECK

1907 - 1987

This self-taught Brazilian modernist created important panels for influential architects, including brothers Roberto and Affonso Eduardo Reidy and Oscar Niemeyer. For the latter, he made the murals for the nave of the São Francisco de Assis da Pampulha Church. 

Werneck also created the panels seen at the Maracanã Stadium and Ministry of Finance in Rio de Janeiro, at the Senate and Itamaraty Palace in Brasília and at the Banco do Brasil in the Old Recife district in Recife. He was also the creator of over 300 murals in residential, public and commercial buildings throughout Brazil.