Bertil Vallien
Five 'Satellite' glass vases, Kosta Boda, Sweden.
Clear glass and coloured glass in white, yellow, red, green, and blue, with polychrome decoration and decoration of metal foil. All with Kosta Boda label, and all except the yellow one are signed and numbered. Height 12-31 cm.
The general impression is good. A few marks.
Designer
Bertil Vallien (b. 1938) is a Swedish glass designer and ceramicist. He pursued his studies at Konstfack in Stockholm as well as on study trips to Denmark and the USA. In the 1960s, Vallien worked at Boda glassworks as an assistant to Erik Höglund, and was later linked to Åfors glassworks. Vallien works primarily in glass and has developed a distinctive style of sandcast glass sculptures, often depicting boats and heads. His sculptures have a kind of inner glow that lingers in the memory. Vallien is represented around the world and has been awarded the prize "Visionaries! Award" in 2001. Bertil was married to the artist Ulrica Hydman-Vallien.
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