Edward Hald
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an engraved blue glass lidded jar "The bathing tent", Orrefors, Sweden 1945.
Engraved decor of female figures in a tent, signed Orrefors Hald 480 KR (engraved by Karl Rössler) B2. Height 21 cm.
The lid with small chip to rim, repair to finial.
Literature
Erik Wettergren, "The Modern Decorative Arts of Sweden", Malmö museum 1926, see the model illustrated p 24.
"Edward Hald, Målare Konstindustripionjär", The National Museum and Waldemarsudde, Stockholm 1983, National Museum, catalogue nr 463, compare catalogue no 145.
More information
The model was designed in 1924.
Designer
Edward Hald was a Swedish visual and glass artist born in Stockholm. He studied at the business school in Leipzig, the Artists' Association School, and he also was a student of Henri Matisse in Paris. Hald's artistry in the 1910s exhibited a modernist spirit, inspired by the Fauvist Matisse. Hald designed decorations for various models and services for Rörstrand Porcelain Factory as well as for Karlskrona Porcelain Factory. Edward Hald contributed these works to the Home Exhibition in 1917 at Liljevalchs in Stockholm and was hired by Orrefors Glassworks the same year. Together with Simon Gate and glassmaker Knut Bergqvist, he experimented with overlay glass, resulting in Graal glass. The Graal technique was entirely new and revolutionary. Hald's designs for both engraved and Graal glass display Matisse-inspired elements, humor, and contemporary motifs.
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