Description
Beautiful & unique handmade stoneware bowl by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg Studio. All Gustavsbergs studio pieces are date able & this one is a unique piece from 1975 The glaze is a lovely pink-lilac inside green to brown on the outside. Very nice condition. Please see pictures. Height: 4 cm / 1.6" Diameter: 17 cm / 6.7" Stig Lindberg 1916-1982 Stig Lindberg was one of our greatest designers. He was born in Umeå in 1916 & was the son of Fredrik Helof Sigurd Lindberg & Lydia Regina Larsson. He moved to Jönköping in 1935 where he also took the student. Stig then moves to Stockholm where he begins to study at Konstfack. in 1936 he gets his first internship at Gustavsberg. He works there for two summer months & was then a student of Wilhelm Kåge. Stig & Kåge started Gustavsbergs Studio in 1942 & it became Stig's debut as a designer. It was also during this period that Stig began working with Fajans, something that lasted until the 1960s. The 1940s were otherwise Stig Lindberg's heyday. He illustrated children's books, worked with textiles, did some enamel work & designed glass. All this while he worked at Gustavsberg. Gustavsbergs Studio was primarily a workshop for art objects, although they also developed some new tableware. Stig was not particularly interested in Studio work from the beginning. He considered that the Studio & the rest of the production of goods could not be reconciled in a good way. But he changed his mind a few years later. Stig's Art Series: Grazia Stoneware Vases was launched in 1946. Production of Grazia was resumed during periods in 1951 & 1969. The Carnival series came in the 1950s & consisted of 32 parts. Pungo was mass-produced between 1953-1964. Reptiles were barrels & vases that were mass-produced during the 50's. Silur, a series that consisted of Jar, Jug, Pot, 2 dishes & salad bowl, was made in the 1960s. Runners in two different sizes were manufactured in 1952-1972. Veckla was mass-produced during the 1950s / 60s. Vinda was a series of pots in four different sizes & was manufactured in the 1960s. Faience became the first thing Stig came to work with. The production of faience began in 1937 & continued continuously until 1965. The figurine series was developed in 1960, following models that Stig had created as early as the 1940s. The figurine series was made of parian porcelain. in 1955 came the Domino series, a series of black & white objects that were manufactured until 1979. Domino is also available in the colors brown or light blue. The gingerbread series never came into production, it became too expensive to manufacture. The ones on the market are made in the late 1970s. Gnurglor was added in 1954 & Silur in 1960. Stig was artistic director at Gustavsberg in the years 1949-1957, after which he left the factory to become a teacher at Konstfack. He stayed as a teacher until 1972 when he chose to return to Gustavsberg. He again became artistic director at the factory during the years 1972-1980. After his time
