Victor Emanuel Lindstrand

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Victor Emanuel Lindstrand (also known as Vicke Lindstrand) (born in Göteborg, Sweden, 1904- died in Småland, 1983) was a Swedish glass designer. He is considered as a pioneer in the history of Swedish glass art.

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[edit] Background

As a child, Lindstrand was interested in drawing. He had studied commercial art and worked in commercial illustration before beginning his career at glass manufacturers Orrefors in 1928. In 1950 he joined Kosta Glasbruk as an artistic director before his retirement in 1973. He then spent the last 10 years if his life as a freelance artist working with Hanne Dreutler and Arthur Zirrnsack at Studio Glashyttan in Åhus.

[edit] Illustrator

[edit] Glass: Orrefors 1928 - 1939

[edit] Textiles: Elsa Gullberg

[edit] Ceramics: Upsala Ekeby 1942 - 1950

[edit] Glass KOSTA 1950-1973

She created some of the best pieces of mid-century art glass during this time.

[edit] Glass: Studio Glashyttan, Åhus 1978 - 1983

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[edit] Further reading

  • Plath, Iona, Decorative Arts of Sweden (1965), Courier Dover Publications, ISBN 0-4862-1478-8
  • Berg, Per, Vicke Lindstrand: 100 år (Swedish)
  • Lindstrand, Vicke, Vicke Lindstrand : [utställning] (Swedish)
  • Jones, Mark Ian, "A blind spot? The perception of the 1950s glass designs of Vicke Lindstrand." (2006) , Helsinki, International Committee of Design History and Studies ICDHS Nordic Forum for Design History. ISBN 951-558-210-5 http://tm.uiah.fi/connecting/proceedings/Jones.pdf
  • Jones, Mark Ian, "Reinventing Tradition. Vicke Lindstrand and the Kosta Dilemma" (2006) Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Design History Society. ISBN 978-90-5155-032-0

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