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Arthur Percy (1886-1976) - Very big blue vase

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Scandinavian Art Glass676 of 1435Paul KedelvKjell Blomberg for Gullaskruf
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    Posted 11 years ago

    Konsumsvin
    (11 items)

    What about this big blue vase:
    70 cm tall -
    28 cm wide -

    Made By Arthur Percy in the for Gullaskrufs, Sweden - i just love the blue colour and its so big!

    Arthur Percy (1886-1976) :
    Arthus Percy was born on the Island of Öland and was to live most of his life there. When he was seventeen years old he was accepted as a student at the Konstnärsförbundet School in Stockholm where Eugene Jansson became his teacher. Together with fellow student Isaac Grünewald he was part of an artist group called “De Unga” (The young ones), also called “1909 års män” (the men of 1909) as their first exhibition, held in 1909, marked an important step towards Swedish modernism.
    It was as designer for glass and porcelain Arthur Percy became one of the most influential designers in Sweden as well as abroad.
    He was one of the first artists to be employed as a designer in the Swedish manufacturing industry; in 1923 he was employed by Gefle Porslinsfabrik to create new and more beautiful objects for everyday life. Using the flora of the island Öland as his inspiration he created designs in Rococo and Art Deco styles. One of the most successful designs was the VINRANKA series, created for the Gefle Porcelain factory and his black glaze which was introduced in 1927.

    Between 1942 and 1951 he was also designing for Karskrona Porslinsfabrik and for this factory he created a series of vases called MINARET. From 1951 until 1965 he designed glass for Gullaskrufs Glasbruk where he among other popular designs created the glass series REFFLA. In the 1930`s Percy was also working with textiles. He was then working for Elsa Gullberg and designed textiles such as SPALJÉ and PERCY BLAD.
    Despite a large output in the field of design Percy was first and foremost a painter. He was working with design for three months every year and for the rest of the time he painted. The last ten years was spent painting.

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    Comments

    1. Konsumsvin Konsumsvin, 11 years ago
      Thx - Yes 2 other pieces.
    2. Vintagefran Vintagefran, 11 years ago
      Lovely Konsumsvin. And great info with it. Thanks for posting
    3. charcoal charcoal, 11 years ago
      Very nice posting with outstanding information!!!!
    4. Konsumsvin Konsumsvin, 11 years ago
      Thx Again and Again!:)

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