Two Beautiful Toini Muona Wall Reliefs for Arabia

This is a very impressive ceramic dish designed by Finnish ceramic artist Toini Muona (1904-1987). Toini Muona was one of the respected art ceramists a...

An outstanding piece of art by the leading name of the mid-century Finnish ceramic scene. This large and colorful wall plaque done by Rut Bryk called t...

Birger Kaipiainen (1915-1988) was the master of decorative ceramics at the Arabia factory in Finland. He was well known for his ornamental dishes that were rich, colourful and with themes from the fantasy world and fairytales, which actually fought against the idealism of the minimalistic movements in 1950s. Kaipiainen introduced ceramic beads to his art in the 60s' and the surface of the object became more important for Kaipianen´s art. This beautiful unique ceramic plate...

Birger Kaipiainen saw the world through a surreal and symbolic filter that made it more joyful, flowerful, and certainly more colourful. However, during times of grief, as when he lost his wife Maggi in 1966, he turned to blues, blacks and violets. Another such period was when Kaipiainen lost his dear friend, the Marimekko's founder and designer, Armi Ratia in 1979. Birger and Armi used to spend a lot of time at her legendary Bökars Mansion that had a wonderful veranda adorned with columns and chandeliers. Armi's loss was reflected in a few of Kaipiainen's works from that period. In those works (see last pics of dishes from the book Kaipiainen by Maria Berg) his interpretation of the duality of life and death was obvious. Also the symbolism bridging the two was present (reflection, bridges, boats, flowing waters). We can also see pansy flowers that he frequently used after the loss of his wife. In this unique dish, Kaipiainen used a lot of the above colours and elements, and just as Armi was the soul of their legendary parties, he introduced the golden harp...

Birger Kaipiainen (1915-1988) was the master of decorative ceramics. He was well known for his rich and colourful ornamental dishes, with themes from the fantasy world and fairytales...

In the 1960s' Rut Bryk, already a pioneer of Finnish ceramic art, began making more simplified and modern wall relief compositions. This piece is an enameled rectangle ceramic re...

Toini Muona, Stoneware Large leaf relief tile, Arabia, Finland 1950's Toini Muona (1904-1987) studied sketch drawing at the Central School of Fine Arts from 1923 to 1926 and postgraduate ceramics from 1926 to 1923. In the meantime, she worked as a textile designer at Atelier Vigli from 1929 to 1931, then moved to the Arabian Art Department, where she worked until 1970. In the same year, he received the Finnish National Award for Industrial Arts. Toini Muona was a skilled wheel-thrower who, especially early in her career, created vases, jars, and objets d'art influenced by old Chinese ceramics...

Beautiful vintage ceramic platter in a large modernist design by Hilkka-Liisa Ahola (1920-2009) for Arabia. The motif is floral with an array o...

Beautiful and large stoneware charger designed, thrown, and glazed by acclaimed Finnish ceramic artist, Raija Tuumi for Arabia Finland. This piece has a rustic mottled dark brown gla...

Beautiful simple elegant serving tray in navy blue glaze, circa 1970's made by Arabia of Finland excellent condition no chips or cracks.

Heljä Liukko-Sundström (b. 1938) for Arabia. Glazed faience wall plaque with hand-painted flowers. Finnish design. Dated 1987. Measures: 23.5 x 11 cm. ...

Heljä Liukko-Sundström (b. 1938) for Arabia. Glazed faience wall plaque with hand-painted flowers. Finnish design. Dated 1981. Measures: 23.7 x 11 cm....