Gunnar Cyrén
A Gunnar Cyrén enamel painted glass bowl "Wedding", from the 'Swedish men and girls' series, Orrefors 1968.
Enamelled pattern, made in a few pieces 1968-1969. Signed ORREFORS EXPO 695-68 GUNNAR CYRÈN and painter's signature (Heinz Richter). Height 16,5, width 24,5 cm.
Small scratches underneath.
Literature
Kerstin Wickman (ed), 'Orrefors - Etthundra år av svensk glaskonst', Byggförlaget Kultur 1998, p 94.
Lennart Rudström, Helena Dahlbäck Lutteman, 'Gunnar Cyrén, glaskonstnär, silversmed, industridesigner och musikant', Carlssons Bokförlag, p 19.
More information
Skålen är den största modellen och tillverkades i några exemplar omkring 1968-1969.
Designer
Gunnar Cyrén (1931-2013) was a Swedish glass artist, silversmith and industrial designer. He worked for Orrefors glassworks between 1959 and 1970, then designed plastics for a few years and then returned to Orrefors in 1977. Highlights of his design career include "Pop glass" or "Cups with colored legs" (1966-1968) and "The Nobel Service" (1991). Over the years, Gunnar Cyrén has participated in several exhibitions in Sweden and abroad and received the King's scholarship in 1962, the Lunning prize in 1966 and the Prince Eugén medal in 1988. He is appointed professor by the government. In his hometown of Gävle, where he also had a gallery and a gold and silver smithy, he has been honored with his own room at the County Museum.
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