Alf Wallander
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an important and unique Art Nouveau cameo glass vase, Reijmyre Sweden for the 'Baltic Exhibition in Malmö' 1914.
Etched and polished decoration executed by Axel Enoch Boman in white, dark green and purple glass against a green ground, showing women harvesting fruit, signed Reijmyre AE Boman A. Wallander 1914 unik. Height 44 cm, diameter 22 cm.
Exhibitions
The Baltic Exhibition, Malmö, 1914. This vase was exhibited in the showroom by 'AB Svenska Kristallglasbruken'.
Literature
Ed. Gunnel Mörkfors, Reijmyre Glasbruk, Östergötlands länsmuseum, Linköping, 2010, p 78.
More information
Alf Wallander was a very versatile artist and designer, one of the leading Art Nouveau artists in Sweden around the turn of the Century 1900. Not only did he make designs for Art Nouveau glass at the Kosta Glassworks 1908-1909 and at Reijmyre 1908-1914 but he also made designs for important ceramics at Rörstrand, designed textiles besides being a painting artist.
Designer
Alf Wallander was a Swedish painter, ceramicist, and glass designer born in Stockholm. At the age of 15, he began studying at the "Slöjdskolan" in Stockholm, and he later studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and then in Paris from 1885 to 1889.
Wallander was a highly versatile artist and influenced by the spirit of the times around the turn of the century, he was inspired by the author Ellen Key's philosophy of "Beauty for All" and the British Arts & Crafts movement, which can be seen in Wallander's designs for furniture, textiles, glass, and ceramics. Wallander was associated with the Rörstrand Porcelain Factory from 1895 and gained recognition for his Art Nouveau ceramics as early as 1896, later being appointed artistic director at Rörstrand in 1900. From 1907 to 1911, Wallander was associated with the Kosta Glassworks as a designer. Alongside Gunnar G. Wennerberg, Alf Wallander was one of the dominant designers in Sweden during the Art Nouveau period.