Rut Bryk (Finnish, 1916-1999), Piritta

circa 1954, for Arabia Company (1873-present), ceramic relief with enamel-like polychrome glazes, signed 'BRYK' to lower left, verso additionally stamped and signed 'BRYK' twice with Arabia company backstamps and numbered 915, with metal hanging hardware for wall display.
19 3/4 x 17 x 1 1/2 in.
Finnish artist, Rut Bryk, is primarily known for her ceramic art works, lithography, and textile design, and was a key component of the Modernist Finnish Art Movement. The works of her first figurative phase are ceramic wall pieces depicting still lifes, architectural motifs, mythological themes, plants and birds. In the late 1960s, she began to produce large architectural ceramic wall pieces composed of numerous differently shaped and colored modules.

Many of her monumental pieces are integrated with important architectural projects such as the Helsinki City Hall, the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi and the Residence of the President of the Republic of Finland.

In addition to her purely artistic work, she designed simple geometric and vividly colored ceramic objects, exquisitely colored textiles and graphic surface decoration for Tapio Wirkkala’s industrial porcelain objects. Rut Bryk’s work has been exhibited worldwide and is presented in the collections of major museums internationally.

Bio courtesy of Tapio Wirkkala Rut Bryk Foundation

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Some small chips to edges; some glaze crazing; otherwise good estate condition.