Just Andersen Disko Metal Vase Model 2361

About the Item

Just Andersen disko metal vase model 2361 with a beautiful bronze looking patina. The vase is in good condition with a beautiful original patina which is very similar to the patina bronze gets over time. This vase is a perfect piece for any interior and will fit any type of interior from the traditional Scandinavian style to a more Art Deco interior. Just Andersen (born 13 July 1884 in Godhavn, Greenland, died 11 December 1943 in Glostrup) was a Danish corpus artist, silversmith and sculptor and, together with his 1st wife Alba Just Andersen, founder of the world-renowned company Just Andersen A/S. Just Andersen was born in Godhavn on Diskoøen, located on the west coast of Greenland. His parents were inspector and probate administrator in North Greenland, Niels Alfred Andersen and Martha Elisabeth Ingeborg Carlsen, and he was one of eight children. Here his creative gene was certainly stimulated and developed. Just Andersen, via his parents' profession and the period, grew up with a view of the world, and in contact with research and explorers who later became famous and inscribed in history for their exploration and records of Greenland. Robert Edwin Peary and Knud Rasmussen are mentioned in archives from the family. Just Andersen apprenticed as a decorative sculptor with Hans Lamberg-Petersen for three years, visited the Academy of fine Arts' painting school in 1910, the School of Danish Crafts (Jens Møller-Jensen) in 1912 and the Academy of fine Arts again, but now the sculptor's school, in the winter of 1920-21. Through his 1st wife, he came into contact with Mogens Ballin, by whom he was inspired, and in 1918 he founded his own silversmith's company, Just Andersen, and it became a limited company in 1929.

Creator:

Just Andersen (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 4.73 in (12 cm)Diameter: 4.34 in (11 cm)

Style:

Scandinavian Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Metal,Patinated

Place of Origin:

Denmark

Period:

1920-1929