Gunnar Nylund
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A stoneware vase, Rörstrand, Sweden 1940s, model GM.
'Mimosa' glaze, signed RÖRSTRAND R NYLUND, height 29.5 cm.
Literature
Petter Eklund, "Gunnar NHistylund - Konstnär och industriformgivare", Historiska Media & Röstrands Museum 2017, compare the model depicted from NK's exhibition "Rörstrand i vardag och fest" on April 18, 1942, see photograph with Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, p 62 and pp 64-65.
Designer
Gunnar Nylund (1904-1997) was a Swedish ceramicist, designer and sculptor. Gunnar Nylund was active for periods at Bing & Grøndahl, for a few years had his own workshop, Saxbo stentøj, and worked at Nymølle ceramic factory in Denmark. For most of his working life he lived in Sweden and was employed at Rörstrand porcelain factory 1931-59 where he was also assigned the role of artistic director. He has become known for his many different animal sculptures in stoneware, but he also made lots of vases, bowls, lamp bases, etc., as well as tableware and other utensils. Nylund also designed glass for Strömbergshyttan.
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