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Sigvard Bernadotte

(1907-2002)
Sigvard Bernadotte
(1907-2002)

Sigvard Bernadotte, chalk drawing, signed and dated -95.

I. 30 x 22 cm.

Not examined out of the frame.

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Sigvard Bernadotte var konstnär, formgivare och konsthantverkare. Läste konsthistoria och statskunskap vid Uppsala universitet och blev 1929 den första medlemmen av familjen Bernadotte att ta en akademisk examen. Samma år ritade han ett fönster till kyrkan på Lundsbergs internatskola. Han studerade sedan på till Tekniska skolan i Stockholm under professor Olle Hjortzberg, som var en stor influens till den strama och koncentrerade formgivning prinsen senare skulle bli berömd för. Han ingick också i den skara målare som dekorerade Stockholmsutställningen 1930.

Prins Sigvard Bernadotte är en av Sveriges mer kända formgivare och arbetade med nästan alla typer av formgivning. Till hans mest kända objekt hör konservöppnaren Röda Clara, exklusiva silverföremål för Georg Jensen och Nilsjohan samt flaskan till Explorer Vodka. Han skapade även det älskade mönstret Virrvarr som används än idag. Han var aktiv in i det sista och som 90-åring presenterade han en ny glasservis för firman Fyrklövern. Han målade också kulisser på MGM och satt sin prägel på många Hollywood-filmer. Som konstnär jobbade han i en mängd olika material.

Representerad vid ett stort antal museer, bland annat Metropolitan Museum of Art i New York, British museum i London, National Gallery of Victoria i Australien, Nasjonalmuseet i Oslo, Aarhus Kunstmusuem i Danmark, Moderna museet, Nordiska museet, Tekniska museet och Nationalmuseum i Stockholm, Röhsska museet, Göteborgs museum och Malmö museum.

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Sigvard Bernadotte was a Swedish prince who gained international recognition as both a designer and illustrator. He was born in 1907 at Drottningholm Palace as the son of then Crown Prince Gustaf VI Adolf and Princess Margaret of Great Britain.
Sigvard Bernadotte became the first in the Bernadotte family to obtain an academic degree. In the fall of 1926, he enrolled at Uppsala University, studying art history and political science among other subjects. In 1930, he was admitted to the Decorative Line at the Technical School in Stockholm, studying under Professor Olle Hjortzberg, whose influence shaped the strict and concentrated design for which Bernadotte later became famous. In 1934, Sigvard Bernadotte married Erika Patzek, resulting in his loss of succession rights to the crown.
Sigvard Bernadotte is one of Sweden's most famous designers, having worked with a wide variety of techniques and materials. He designed everything from everyday items to exclusive silverware, notably for Georg Jensen. Bernadotte was also occasionally commissioned by Illums Bolighus in Copenhagen, the carpet company Nessim, Bing & Grøndahl, and the German company Rosenthal. For two decades, Sigvard Bernadotte was a central figure in Scandinavian industrial design, and his company became an informal design school, praised for its meticulously crafted function and form in its products. Bernadotte, among other things, designed the so-called 'Margrethe bowls' and the 'virr-varr' pattern that adorns numerous tabletops.

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