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Book cover of Bengt Nyström's Rörstrand Porcelain: Art Nouveau Masterpieces, with a decorative vase adorned with white flowers. Published by Abbeville Press.

Rörstrand Porcelain

Art Nouveau Masterpieces

By (author) Bengt Nystrom

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  • The first definitive study of the Art Nouveau masterpieces of the Swedish Rörstrand porcelain factory
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The artists of the influential Rörstrand porcelain factory in Sweden created some of the most beautiful decorative objects of the Art Nouveau style. In his fascinating and authoritative text, Bengt Nyström focuses on the Rörstrand factory’s designers and their revolutionary forms during the period 1865 to 1915, when the firm successfully competed artistically with Tiffany and Gallé in the great international expositions that showcased and helped to propagate the Art Nouveau style.

Inspired by late nineteenth-century crafts movements fathered by William Morris, the artists of the Rörstrand factory took nationalistic pride in incorporating their indigenous flora and fauna into their exquisite designs, transforming wintry berry springs and northern sea creatures into elegant three-dimensional works of art that appealed to a sophisticated European clientele.

Illustrated with objects from Robert Schreiber’s outstanding collection, supplemented with craftsmen’s drawings and archival documents, Nyström’s thoroughly researched text includes engaging glimpses of the culture surrounding Rörstrand (a former castle), especially the close-knit community of insightful administrators, talented designers and inventors, and artisans. The book chronicles not only the company’s artistic achievements but the day-to-day personalities and decisions behind the emergence of this once-utilitarian factory as the birthplace of some of Sweden’s most beautiful decorative objects.

Specifications
Publisher
Abbeville Press
ISBN
9781558598447
Published
11th Dec 1996
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World excluding USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia
Size
340 mm x 266 mm
Pages
190 Pages
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