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Arabia Finland ARA Kurt Ekholm Terracotta Vase, 1930's
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Up for auction is a lovely terracotta art vase from Arabia Finland. This rare vase was designed by legendary Kurt Ekholm (see artist info below). The vase features hand painted images of sailing ships on two sides of this stunningly beautiful vase. Smaller designs appear on the other sides of the vase. Those of you who have visited the Arabia Museum in Helsinki, Finland, have seen examples of the beautiful terracotta vases designed by both Kurt Ekholm and Kaj Franck. If you have not, I will be glad to provide you some of the photos I have taken at the museum. The vase is in Mint Condition. T are no cracks, flakes, fleabites, hairlines, repairs, pitting, scuffs, scratches, staining or crazing. In addition, the vase is water tested to ensure that t are no hidden issues present. The vase appears unused. Height: 6-1/4" (16 cm)Circumference: 17.5" (44 cm)Bottom markings: Arabia Made in Finland, ARA in an oval, KE/B (bottom right, hard to see)The vase weighs 1 lb. 9 oz. The shipping weight, doubleboxed for safety, will be in the 3- 4 lb. range. Kurt Ekholm (1907 - 1975) - ceramist, artistic director and rectorKurt Ekholm studied ceramic design at the Higher Applied Art Section of the Stockholm Technical School in 1928-1931. He worked at the Arabia factory immediately after graduating and in 1932 he became artistic director of the Arabia factory. The factory's art department was established under his supervision to permit designers to concentrate without restrictions on making art ceramics. Ekholm brought the use of stoneware paste from Sweden, having come to know this material as a trainee at the Rörstrand factory. He was also one of the first in Finland to apply the principles of functionalism in ceramic art. At the Arabia factory, Ekholm also designed utility ware, including dinner services. The best-known of these were the AH service, which was made from 1935 until 1939, and the AR service, also known as Sinivalko (Blue and White), made between 1936 and 1940. Ekholm was also instrumental in launching the production of the so-called Ara ceramics at the Arabia factory in the late 1930s. The Ara products were low-cost ornamental objects for all homes, such as vases, bowls and boxes. Ekholm designed part of the range of products. Ekholm was the commissioner of several exhibitions of design and applied art w art ceramics from the Arabia factory and Finnish applied art received praise and renown in the 1940s and 1950s. Most of these showings were held in the Nordic countries, which served to integrate Finnish applied art into Scandinavian design. The first major joint exhibition of the Arabia factory's designers took place at a Finland festival held in Stockholm in 1936. In 1940, the Ornamo design association of Finland received a request from Denmark to stage an exhibition of Finnish applied art in order to support Finland and Finnish artists in the crucial stages of the Fenno-Soviet Winter War of 1939-40. An important event was an exhibition of Finnish applied art held at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm in the spring of 1941, with Ekholm as its commissioner. In 1945, the Arabia art department held an exhibition at the NK department store in Stockholm. A major exhibition of Nordic applied art and crafts was held in Stockholm in 1946, with Kurt Ekholm as the organizer of the Finnish exhibits. This exhibition was important for Finnish design recovering from the war, and it already prefigured the success that was to come in the 1950s. Before moving to Sweden, Kurt Ekholm organized the founding of the Arabia Museum. Opened to the public in May 1948, this was Finland's first factory museum and the country's first museum of ceramic art and design. Kurt Ekholm moved permanently to Sweden upon being invited to be a senior faculty member at the school of the Gothenburg Crafts Association in 1948. He was rector of the school from 1950 to 1966. I will combine shipments in order to save money in shipping costs. I... 
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