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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