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. During the
period of 1952 and 1975 Nylund had a collaboration with Strömbergshyttan,
mainly by sending drawings to the glassworks. His work is
today represented in major museums around the world.
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