Swedish Sculptures

Beautifully stylized a rustic man figurine with a great balance of harmony stands, portraying the inner world's beauty through pure beauty. This Valuable unique art piece is a great ...

In the eighties, Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien created the first Brains – the head, which has become one of his most prominent symbols. Since then, he has made a variety of ‘in...

Drifter is a creation by the renowned Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien who sees the boat as a symbol of freedom and solitude. The boat has become one of his main signatures, recre...

The renowned Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien has created Azur Moon. It is an exclusive art object in blue glass, cast in a charcoal mold, with an imprint of a face under the moon...

The significance of ships and boats has always been present in Bertil Vallien’s life and work. Like an imaginary space, he has journeyed through glass. He sails his boat, seeing men ...

After one of his visits to the USA in the 80s, Swedish glass artist Kjell Engman got the inspiration to create Happiness based on the women he saw perform in a gospel choir at a chur...

Beans is a creation by the renowned glass artist Bertil Vallien as an homage to the icon of Swedish glass design, Ingeborg Lundin. The collection is inspired by her well-known glass ...

Drifter is a creation by the renowned Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien who sees the boat as a symbol of freedom and solitude. The boat has become one of his main signatures, recre...

“Yes, I see you. All of you. I don’t want to be careless. You should feel it in your heart – that I see you and that I understand.” In the eighties, Swedish glass artist Bertil Val...

Made in Sweden by Mats Jonasson for Kosta Boda, 1970s. This is a heavy and thick glass piece with a part that has been carved and etched and that represents two realistic walruses. ...

Beans is a creation by the renowned glass artist Bertil Vallien as an homage to the icon of Swedish glass design, Ingeborg Lundin. The collection is inspired by her well-known glass ...

“I like it when you move. I like watching you dance. Promise you’ll never stop.” In the eighties, Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien created the first Brains – the head, which has...

Contemporary ceramic "Abba" Boot sculpture, made by Swedish artist Gertrud Alfredsson. Best featured on a table, desk or shelf, for anyone looking for something fab with a twist. ...

Carving Wooden Sculptures An Old Man in White Custom Antique Decorative Figurines of Man Beautifully stylized figurine with a great balance of harmony stood, portraying the beauty o...

Large Mid-Century Modern Hand-Blown Art Glass Fish/Beluga Whale Sculpture by Reijmyre, Sweden, 1960s This stunning Scandinavian design piece, crafted by the renowned Reijmyre Glasbr...

A water clear crystal elephant circa 1970's, made in Sweden. The sculpture is marked Eneryda on the underside.

Beautiful sculptural book stands designed by Erik Höglund. Produced by Swedish company Boda suring the 1960s. Made in frosted glass. Signed on bottom.

A pair of stoneware fish figures by Willi Fischer for his own company Fischer Stengods, Sweden 1970s.

Ellen Ehk Åkesson is a Swedish glass artist who tells stories of the mysterious forest through her art glass, such as Berry Tales – a bubbling, bulbous berry plucked directly from th...

This plaster-sculpture by Tore Strindberg is a preparatory work for one part of the big fountain, The five continents, placed in Gothenburg, Sweden. Tore Strindberg studied at the Ro...

After one of his visits to the USA in the 80s, Swedish glass artist Kjell Engman got the inspiration to create Happiness based on the women he saw perform in a gospel choir at a chur...

“No, you don’t have to worry. Things are good. I know you think about me, and all is well.” In the eighties, Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien created the first Brains – the head...

“Everything has an inside. And at the center is a core – and that is you. But I like that you dress up for me, too!” In the eighties, Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien created th...

'Rosalie', from the Hortus Poetica Collection, is a unique glass sculptural vessel by the Swedish artist, Gunnel Sahlin. Sahlin’s current passions inc...

As a sculptor, Bertil Vallien has transformed Michelangelo’s marble block into a transparent glass cube. They have the same eye as artists: a hidden secret is sealed inside the glass...

Ellen Ehk Åkesson is a Swedish glass artist who tells stories of the mysterious forest through her art glass, such as Berry Tales – a bubbling, bulbous berry plucked directly from th...

Unique stoneware sculpture by Bengt Berglund, in a whimsical, organic form reminiscent of a mushroom. Beautiful jade, brown and blue colored glaze with a glossy surface, gathering in...

Attributed to GAB (Guldsmedsaktiebolaget) Inkwell in massive bronze. 1930's

Åsa Jungnelius is an artist with a compelling feminist approach to everything she creates. Inspired by Ulrica Hydman Vallien, who often portrayed the female body in her art, Åsa crea...

Paul Hoff for Kosta Boda / Svenskt Glas, four figurines in art glass. WWF. Ca. 1980s. Stamped. Tallest: W 9.0 cm x H 8.0 cm.

Sculpture of sitting female model by Bror Hjorth. Made in Sweden during the 1950s. Hand carved from plaster. Signed. Good vintage condition with age related wear and patina. Artis...

Soulful earthenware sculpture of a face by Lennart Olausson. Glazed turquoise with a slight shimmer. Lennart Olausson (born 1944) is a Swedish a...

Carving Wooden Sculptures A Set Of 2 Antique Decorative Figurines of Man & Woman Beautifully stylized a set of 6 figurines with a great balance of harmony stood, portrays the beauty ...

Swedish glass artist. Large sculpture in art glass. Yellow and amber decoration on a square base in clear glass. Mouth-blown. Perfect condition. Late 20th century. Dimensions: H 33.0...

Scandinavian Modern ceramic vase signed by Mari Simmulson for Uppsala-Ekeby. Mari Simmulson, (1911-2000) was born In St Petersburg and move...

A very important early work by Bertil Vallien b. 1938. Unique and monumental wall sculpture, hand painted and contour sawn wood. Made in Sweden 1966. One of a kind! The sculpture is depicting fishes in the water. It was commissioned by an optician in 1966. That is why the eyes are made of oval glass mirrors. They are also hiding the holes where you screw the sculpture to the wall. The sculpture would be great in a fish restaurant or in an indoor pool area. It will certainly make a statement wherever it will hang! A photograph depicting the artist in front of the sculpture is included (see image)! Fully signed and dated 1966 (see image). The sculpture is in 3 parts. The upper part is in one piece. The lower part is in 2 pieces. There are no problems hanging this on the wall. It is heavy but not that heavy. Measurements: The upper part, Lenght 226cm, height 68cm, 7cm deep. The lower part, Lenght 245cm, height 75cm, 7cm deep. As mounted as in the pictures: length 304cm, height 120cm. Total length if one put these pieces after one another, circa 475cm. You can put this sculpture on the wall with different combinations and variations. In 2017 Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan bought the "One million Dollar Boat". They paid one million dollars for the mixed media sculpture "Passage" made by Bertil Vallien. BERTIL VALLIEN EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 1963 - ongoing Freelance designer for Kosta Boda glassworks, Sweden 1963 - ongoing Independent artist/designer 1961-63 Studies in USA and Mexico 1961 University of Art and Design, Stockholm, Sweden PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION) Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA HM de Young Museum, San Francisco, USA Yokohama Art Museum. San Francisco, USA Imagine Museum, FL, USA The State Hermitage museum, St. Petersburg, Russia Düsseldorf Museum of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA The Art Institute, Chicago, USA National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden VIDA Museum, Sweden, permanent wing Everson Museum, NY, USA Museum of Fine Art, Boston, USA National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, Wa, USA JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, USA The Prescott Collection at Pacific First Centre, Seattle, USA Detroit Art Institute, Detroit Il, USA Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany Mint Museum of Art and Design, Charlotte, NC, USA Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio, USA Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico Musée des Art and Design, The Louvre, Paris, France The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL, USA Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle, USA National Museum, Edinburgh, UK Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI, USA AWARDS (SELECTED) Prince Eugen´s medal for outstanding achievement in art, conferred by the King of Sweden (1998) Gold medal, Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm, Sweden (2005) GAS Visionary Award (2020) Honorary doctorate, Växjö University, Sweden (2002) Artist of the future Award, Imagine Museum, FL, USA (2020) Visionaries Award, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA (2001) Medal for exhibition “Nine Rooms” at the 13th Biennale in Venice given by Instituto Veneto di Scienze ed Arti (2012) Young American award, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA (1961) Award in recognition of the promotion of Glass Art in the world, Museo del Vidrio Monterey, Mexico (2004) The Libensky Award, Seattle, WA, USA (2008) The Wilson Award, GAS, New Orleans, USA (2005) Urban Glass Award for >>Outstanding Achievement in Glass<< NY, USA (1998) Zweiter Coburger Glaspreis, Coburg, Germany (1985) BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTION) 2020 Ytspänning, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden 2020 Drawings, Ceramics, Glass, Staffan Bengtsson, Kosta förlag, Sweden 2012 Bertil Vallien, Nine Rooms, Publisher Marsilio, Italy 2008 Staven, Gunnar Lindqvist, Kamras/ Kamras förlag 2007 Transperent Bounaries, Ulla-Britt Edberg, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2006 Vallien, Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2002 Somna Vakna, Matthew Kangas, University of Washington Press, London 2002 Fiat Lux, Johan Unger Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag 1998 Glass eats light, Gunnar Lindquist, Carlsson Bokförlag 1997 Headbook, Niclas Rådström, Publisher, Kamras/Kamras 1995 Anod, Peter Nilsson, Nordstedts förlag, Sweden 1990 Bertil Vallien, Gunnar Lindqvist, Carlson Bokförlag 1983 Sandcast, Ulf Thomas Moberg, Moberg Publisher EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) 2020 Ytspänning, Galleri Glas, Stockholm, Sweden 2020 Vida Museum, Öland, Sweden 2019 Habatat gallery, Detroit, USA 2019 Schantz Gallery, Stockbridge-MA, USA 2018 Leger Gallery, Malmö, Sweden 2017 Gallery Schantz, Stockbridge, MA, USA 2017 Art Miami, Schantz gallery, Miami FL, USA 2017 Spritmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden 2016 Hawk Gallery, Columbus. OH, USA. 2016 Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg, Sweden 2016 Millesgården, Stockholm, Glasstress, Sweden 2016 Edsvik Konsthall, Edsvik, Sweden 2016 SOFA, Navy pier Chicago IL- USA 2015 Galleri Berengo, Muranoi, Italien 2014 Palazzo Guinigi, Lucca, Italien 2013 Gallerie Azur, Spa, Belgien 2011 Marina Barovier Galleria, Venedig, Italien 2011 Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH, USA 2009 Imago Gallery, Palm Springs. CA. USA 2008 Etienne gallery.Oisterwijk, The Netherlands 2007 Heller Gallery, NYC, USA 2007 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Il, USA 2006 Prince Eugen´s Waldermarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden 2005 Landkrona Konsthall, Landskrona, Sweden 2005 Röhsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden 2004 Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico 2003 Rockford Art Museum, IL, USA 2003 Glass Museum, International Centre for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, USA 2002 Cellier de Clairvaux, Dijon, France 2002 >>In Transit<< Gävle Museum 2002 Eremitaget, St. Petersburg, Ryssland 2002 The state Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 2002 Konstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway 2001 Riihiimäki Museum, Finland 2000 Traver gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland 1999 Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel 1998 Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 1998 The Bullseye Gallery Portland, OR, USA 1998 Museum of History, Stockholm, Sweden 1997 Museum of Arts, Indianapolis, USA 1997 Museum of Arts and Design, NY, USA 1969 Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy PERFORMANCE 2012,18,19, 20 Rainshower, Kosta glassworks, Sweden 2007 Diamonds and Ashes, Music: Tomidas, Midnight session at Åfors glass...

Beautifully stylized a set of 3 figurines with a great balance of harmony stood, portrays the beauty of the inner world through pure beauty. This Valuable unique art piece is a great...

A set 6 of wonderfully sculptured art glass pieces. They are all shifting in green, white and clear glass. Made in Sweden in the mid-1950s these pi...

Beautifully stylized a fisherman figurine with a great balance of harmony stands, portraying the inner world's beauty through pure beauty. This Valuable rare unique art piece is a gr...

Unique and striking, this Art Deco-Modernist candle stand by Karl Einar Borgström depicts a highly stylized sea dragon using wrought iron bars and rods. Although this piece has a pr...

Scandinavian Modern 13 glass pieces by the Swedish Enfant Terrible Erik Höglund for Boda. Between 7-14 cm diameter. These pieces can be displayed as sculptures in a window or used as...

Lisa Larson for Gustavsberg. Rare "Johanna" figurine in glazed ceramic. Late 20th century. Marked. In perfect condition. Dimensions: H 15.5 cm x D 10.0 cm.

Stamped by the Swedish artist Torolf Engström. Executed in bronze, number 1 out of 10 editions. Casting by E. Pettersson FUD. The Swedish Modern Nude Sculpture "Model Changes Her Po...

A very set of three art glass animal paperweights / sculptures by Kosta Boda Sweden, circa 1980s. The set includes a hippo, rhino and polar bear. They are in very good vintage cond...

Whimsical unique figure of a Scandinavian viking circa 1960's excellent condition made in Sweden. Very rare collectible.

‘No Limits #1' is a unique glass sculpture by the Danish artist, Maria Bang Espersen. Maria Bang Espersen works around the idea that all things are malleable, like glass, and that nothing can be permanently defined. Her experimental sculptures are therefore not only an approach but also a statement; one that states to never get caught up in the restrictive norms or to obey established hierarchies. Essentially, her works in glass, are a play with the possibilities of the material and an attempt to expand the viewer’s understanding of her chosen medium. Although static and solid in their final sate, Espersen stretches, pulls and bends her glass, resulting in works that appear soft and almost possible of languid movement. Her chosen sweets confectionery colour palette entices and draws the onlooker towards the artwork, which deliciously glisten. Espersen studied glass and ceramics at Engelsholm Højskole, in Denmark, continuing her studies at the Kosta School of Glass in Sweden, The Royal Danish Academy of Design, and Haystack Mountain...

Paul Hoff for Kosta Boda / Svenskt Glas, four figurines in art glass. WWF. Ca. 1980s. Marked. Blue: W 9.0 cm x H 5.5 cm.

Bengt Wall, Sweden. Figurine of a Bali girl in raw and glazed ceramic with gold decoration. 1950s. In excellent condition. Signed. Measures: H 22.0 cm. x W 11.5 cm.

Striking sculpture by Lars Erik Falk, made from black lacquered metal. Interesting angles, different perspectives from different angles. Lars Erik Falk (1922-1918) was one of Swe...

Paul Hoff for Kosta Boda / Svenskt Glas, three figurines in art glass. WWF. Ca. 1980s. Marked. Blue: W 8.0 cm x H 5.5 cm.

Unique glass sculpture made by Monica Backström for Kosta Boda in the 1990s. Consists of two cylinder shaped glass vessels stacked on each other, both...

A truly extraordinary find — this monumental burl wood vessel, hand-carved in the 1800s in Hälsingland, Sweden, is a rare fusion of nature’s wild artistry and human craftsmanship. Ho...

Sven Wejsfelt (1930-2009) for Gustavsberg. Unique "Stim" fish in glazed ceramics. 1980s. In excellent condition. Label. Dimensions: L 17.0 cm x H 8.0 cm.

Bertil Vallien fo Kosta Boda Sweden miniature sculpture House ”Country Living” 1993

A beautiful vintage goldfish ornament for your room. An impressive size, this goldfish is a beautiful statement piece for a shelf or sideboard! NINNIE FORSGREN, a sculpture, blowfish...

A small tabletop sculpture.

Swedish and other glass artists, including Mats Jonasson. Nine figures of animals in clear art glass, 1980s. Largest measures: 17 x 8.5 cm. In very good...

This early 1900s Swedish bronze sculpture depicts a woman in a flowing dress standing on a cliff. The piece is unmarked with an unknown designer and remains in great condition.

This stoneware Fish sculpture was designed by Carl-Harry Stålhane for the Swedish porcelain factory Rörstrand during the 1960s. Made of high-quality materials in shades of brown and ...

Sculpture by Swedish artist Emil Näsvall. Made from plaster standing on a pine base. done around the 1950s in Sweden. Good vintage condition with age related wear and patina. Arti...