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Scandinavian Modern Gunnar Nylund Stoneware vase pitcher Rörstrand ca 1955

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Gunnar Nylund, Stoneware vase /pitcher Rörstrand, Sweden, circa 1950 Description 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. 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 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 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 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. Some light scratches, consistent with age and use.. No cracks or chips. Literature Mel Bryans – The Design Encyclopedia p. 535 Dimensions Height 30 cm Diameter 11 cm Shipping Worldwide Shipping Included

Creator:

Rörstrand (Manufacturer),Gunnar Nylund (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 11.82 in (30 cm)Diameter: 4.34 in (11 cm)

Style:

Scandinavian Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Ceramic,Stoneware,Fired,Glazed

Place of Origin:

Sweden

Period:

1950-1959