Michael Schilkin
A PUPPY NAMED IMMO. Signed Schilkin Arabia. 1948.
Stoneware containing chamotte, brown glazing. Length 42 cm.
Photographs of rottweiler Immo and Michael Schilkin. Finnish Kennel covenant genealogy certificate included.
Minor wear.
Provenance
Minister Yrjö Kallinen 1886-1976.
Served as Finland's minister of defence 1946-1948
Designer
Michael Schilkin (1900-1962) was a Finnish sculptor and ceramicist born in Trubino, Russia. He moved to Finland in 1921 and studied at the Central School of Art. Eventually he was hired at the Arabia porcelain factory. He is mainly known for his stoneware and clay figurines depicting wild animals, but also created human figures and wall reliefs in public places with musty glazes in earth tones. The sculptures are powerful with a humorous tone.
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