Gunnar Nylund
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a large stoneware garden urn, Rörstrand, Sweden 1936.
Signature and date 1936 scratched inside the rim. Height 80 cm, diameter ca 50 cm.
In Paris 1937 at the World's Fair, Gunnar Nylund's garden urns were placed on the terrace outside the Swedish Pavillion.
Cracks.
Literature
Svenska Slöjdföreningens tidskrift (The Swedish Association of crafts) Form, 1937, no 6, compare p 144.
Petter Eklund, "Gunnar Nylund Konstnär och Industrifomgivare, Historiska Media, 2017, compare p 59, The garden urns by Gunnar Nylund were exhibited not only in Paris but also at the World's Fair in New York in 1939.
Designer
Gunnar Nylund (1904-1997) was a Swedish ceramicist, designer and sculptor. Gunnar Nylund was active for periods at Bing & Grøndahl, for a few years had his own workshop, Saxbo stentøj, and worked at Nymølle ceramic factory in Denmark. For most of his working life he lived in Sweden and was employed at Rörstrand porcelain factory 1931-59 where he was also assigned the role of artistic director. He has become known for his many different animal sculptures in stoneware, but he also made lots of vases, bowls, lamp bases, etc., as well as tableware and other utensils. Nylund also designed glass for Strömbergshyttan.
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