VICKE LINDSTRAND (Gothenburg, Sweden 1904 - 1983 ), for KOSTA. Sweden ca. 1950.
Vase "zebra".
Blown glass.
Hand signed with burin on the back of the base "K VL 1016".
Provenance: Private collection, Spain between 1970-1990.
Measurements: 13,5 x 10 x 6 cm.
Vase "Zebra" in translucent blown glass, with maroon and white decoration.
Victor Emanuel Lindstrand, known as Vicke Lindstrand was a glass designer, textile and ceramic designer and painter. He is considered a pioneer of Swedish glass art. He began his career at the glass manufacturer Orrefors in 1928. He pioneered more daring art glass designs at Orrefors and, together with Edvin Öhrström and Knut Bergqvist, invented the Ariel technique. In 1950 he joined Kosta Glasbruk as artistic director before retiring in 1973. At Kosta, he was the dominant designer and lent his name to many designs that are now classics. At this point, Lindstrand began to inject more and more colour into his creations, resulting in iconic designs such as Trees in the Fog and Autumn. He spent the last 10 years of his life as a freelance artist working with Hanne Dreutler and Arthur Zirrnsack at Studio Glashyttan in Åhus. He made his debut as a designer at the Stockholm World Exhibition in 1930, where he presented twelve glass vases with enamel decoration in exotic patterns. For this he received great attention in international design publications. Lindstrand added new artistic dimensions to the already famous Orrefors glass with his unique designs and revitalisation of classical forms and techniques. During his time at Orrefors, he worked on etched glass and Graal vases. With sculptor Edvin Öhrström he developed the new Ariel technique. Orrefors could not afford to keep Lindstrand during the war and between 1943 and 1950 he became creative leader at Uppsala Ekeby, where he designed many different stoneware objects, from vases to figurative sculptures.