Gunnar Nylund, Stoneware Sculpture of a Hippo, Rörstrand, Sweden, circa 1955

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Gunnar Nylund, Stoneware Sculpture of a Hippo, Rörstrand, Sweden, circa 1955

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Gunnar Nylund, stoneware sculpture of a hippo, rörstrand, Sweden, circa 1955. Description A stoneware sculpture of an antilope, finished in several shades of brown glazes on the original wooden base. Gunnar Nyland was particular known for his animal figures with beautiful experimental glazes. The (larger) examples of exotic animals are especially sought after. This sculpture was designed by Gunnar Nylund and executed by the Swedish ceramics factory Rörstrand in the 1950s. It is fully signed underneath: R (Rörstrand) Sweden with 3 crowns (after 1951 Rörstrand changed to the international spelling Sweden), GN (Gunnar Nylund) and 83/200. As it lacks the post 1960 VDN markings, this piece can be dated between 1951 and 1960. Artist 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 1920s. 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 renowed 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 1960s 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. Dimensions: Height 10.3 cm Length 20 cm Depth 13 cm Weight 638 grams. Literature Mel Bryans - The Design Encyclopedia p. 535.

Creator:
Rörstrand (Manufacturer),Gunnar Nylund (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 16.54 in (42 cm)Width: 6.3 in (16 cm)Depth: 4.93 in (12.5 cm)
Style:
Scandinavian Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Ceramic,Stoneware,Fired,Glazed
Place of Origin:
Sweden
Period:
1950-1959
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1955
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
EL Waalre, NL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU5141232948352