Gunnar
Nylund
He´s
been called a universal genius of the renaissance. The man
who before others set a new standard in ceramics, according
to the modern funktionalisms simplified rules, during the
1930´s and 1940´s. Through an exhibition at the
Gallerie Moderne in Stockholm in 1932 he became known as an
individual thinker by breaking the rules of traditional pottery.
Nylund instantly became one of the leading influences in Swedish
ceramics and soon he came to be the artistic director at Rörstrand
were he remained until 1956. His streangth was in sculpting
rather than decorating and the shapes where often inspired
by chinese ceramics, as were the glazing techniques, such
as the haresfur- and oxblood glazings. His work is today represented
in major museums around the world.
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