Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund
Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund
Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund
Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund
Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund
Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund
Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund
Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund
Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund
Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund
Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund
Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 by Gunnar Nylund

Gunnar Nylund – A glazed stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD – Rörstrand Sweden, ca. 1955 1951 - 1960

Gunnar Nylund

PietraSmaltoGresDipingere
30 cm, ø 11 cm
ConditionGood
€ 825

Van Kerkhoff Art

  • A proposito di opere d'arte
    A stoneware vase / pitcher, model AUD, finished in a beautiful white “eggshell” glaze.

    This object was designed by Gunnar Nylund and executed by the Swedish ceramics factory Rörstrand in the 1950’s.

    This vase / pitcher is part of the alphabet series. So called because the each model was represented by three letters from the alphabet. Models from this series were sought after and collected by collectors around the world.

    This vase / pitcher is model AUD and was made in different glazes and in two sizes. This particular example is the largest size (measering 30 cm in height) in a broken-white “eggshell” glaze.

    It is fully signed underneath: R (Rörstrand) Sweden with 3 crowns (after 1951 Rörstrand changed to the international spelling Sweden), GN (Gunnar Nylund) AUD.



    About Gunnar Nylund
    Gunnar Nylund (1904-1997) was a Swedish artist, ceramist and sculptor most known for his work for the Swedish ceramic manufacturer Rörstrand.

    He was born in Paris to a Danish mother and a Swedish-Finnish father, both artists. His mother Fernanda Jacobsen-Nylund was a ceramist and his father Felix Nylund a sculptor. He grew up in Helsinki and moved to Copenhagen in 1917. In Denmark he received his education as an architect at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in the 1920’s. In 1929 together with Nathalie Krebs he started a ceramics workshop Nylund og Krebs that later was renamed to Saxbo.

    In 1931 Nylund started working for the ceramics manufacturer Rörstrand in Lidköping in Sweden, becoming Rörstrand’s artistic director in 1937 and he continued to work there in this position until 1956. In this period Nylund became well known for his innovative feldspar glazes – popularized by renowned ceramists Berndt Friberg and Carl-Harry Stålhane – and his glazed stoneware animal sculptures.

    After his time at Rörstrand he became artistic director at the Strömbergshyttans glassworks in Hovmantorp, Sweden and in the early 1960’s worked for the Nymölle Keramiska Fabrik in Lyngby, Denmark where he started producing stoneware.

    Nylund crafted some 30 reliefs and sculptures commissioned for public spaces and many of his sculptures are part of museal collections ie: The National Museum in Stockholm, the Sèvres museum in Paris, the Röhsska museet in Gothenburg, the Ateneum museum in Helsinki and the Danish Museum of Art & Design.

    Marked
    Marked underneath the base: R (Rörstrand) Sweden with 3 crowns, GN (Gunnar Nylund), AUD

    Execution
    Rörstrand, Sweden between 1951 and 1960.

    Condition
    This object is in good condition. No cracks or chips.

    Literature
    Mel Bryans – The Design Encyclopedia p. 535

    Dimensions
    Height 30 cm
    Diameter 11 cm
  • A proposito di opere artista

    Gunnar Nylund (1904-1997) è stato un artista, designer e scultore di origine danese e finlandese che ha lavorato prevalentemente in Svezia. Vero pioniere delle arti decorative dell'era della metà del secolo, è considerato uno dei ceramisti più importanti del XX secolo ed è meglio conosciuto per il suo lavoro con il famosissimo produttore di ceramiche svedese Rörstrand.

    Nylund è stato esposto a varie forme d'arte in tenera età grazie ai suoi genitori artisti. Questa esposizione ha contribuito notevolmente alle sue capacità multidisciplinari e ha chiaramente servito bene la sua variegata carriera nelle arti decorative. Sebbene abbia inizialmente studiato architettura a Copenaghen, ha lasciato questi studi per accettare un posto fisso presso la fabbrica di porcellane Bing & Gröndahl. Fu lì che conobbe la ceramista danese Nathalie Krebs, con la quale avrebbe continuato a sviluppare la sua gamma innovativa e, successivamente, il laboratorio "Saxbo" nel 1930.

    La sua sperimentazione con nuove forme impressionò molto Rörstrand, che lo nominò direttore artistico nel 1932 fino al 1955. Dopo questo periodo, Nylund assunse il ruolo di direttore artistico della vetreria Strömbergshyttan mentre lavorava ancora come designer di ceramica. Sebbene il corpus di opere di Nylund in vetro sia molto inferiore a quello in ceramica, è chiaro che eccelleva anche nel mezzo creando vasi eleganti senza tempo con splendidi colori.

    Come molti dei suoi famosi contemporanei, il lavoro di Nylund è definito da un'esplorazione di forme e tecniche moderne oltre ai suoi smalti lisci e opachi e ai bellissimi colori tenui. I suoi rivoluzionari vasi in gres ne sono un ottimo esempio per cui ha utilizzato la chamotte, un materiale di argilla grezza, mescolato con argilla da modellare. Questo materiale assicurava che gli oggetti non crollassero mentre venivano realizzati, consentendo forme più delicate e fini.

    Oltre al gres e al vetro, Nylund è anche un affermato scultore a cui è stato commissionato di creare molte opere per spazi pubblici, teatri, biblioteche e banche. Il suo lavoro è ospitato in numerosi musei svedesi, tra cui il Museo Nazionale di Stoccolma, così come vari altri come il Danish Museum of Art & Design, l'Ateneum Art Museum di Helsinki e il National Ceramics Museum di Sèvres a Parigi.

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