Bertil Vallien
Bertil Vallien, eight vases, Gunnel Sahlin, four glass fruits, Kosta Boda, Sweden.
Polychrome glass, slightly iridescent. Signed Kosta Boda Artist Coll. B. Vallien and numbered, respectively Kosta Boda Artist coll. G Sahlin and numbered. Height 10-16 cm.
Minor stains. Insignificant wear.
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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