Stig Lindberg - Vase - 1942 - Studio - Gustavsberg

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Stig Lindberg (1916-1982) -Vase- Studio- Year 1942- Gustavsberg- Bottom markings : G & Hand - Sweden - 199-Q Size: Height: 7 x 1.8 x 2.9 inches approximately Professor Lindberg has work represented at many international museums and exhibitions including the National Museum , Stockholm , the Copenhagen Industrial Arts Museum , New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He is among one of the most widely sought after of all Scandinavian ceramists. Stig was one of Sweden's most important postwar designers, Lindberg created whimsical studio ceramics and graceful tableware lines during a long career with the Gustavsberg pottery factory. Stig Lindberg studied painting at the Swedish State School of Arts, Crafts and Design. In 1937, he went to work at Gustavsberg under Wilhelm Kage. In 1949, he was named Kåge's successor as art director. From this period until he left Gustavsberg in 1980, he designed individual ceramic items, as well as factory produced ranges and lines of dinnerware. He achieved fame for his eccentric forms and whimsical decoration.