Rorstrand Porcelain: Art Nouveau Masterpieces

By Bengt Nystrom and Bengt Nyström

The artists of the influential R?rstrand porcelain factory in Sweden created some of the most beautiful decorative objects of the Art Nouveau style. In his fascinating and authoritative text, Bengt Nystr?m focuses on the R?rstrand factory's designers and their revolutionary forms during the period 1865 to 1915, when the firm successfully competed artistically with Tiffany and Gall? in the great international expositions that showcased and helped to propagate the Art Nouveau style.

Inspired by late nineteenth-century crafts movements fathered by William Morris, the artists of the R?rstrand factory took nationalistic pride in incorporating their indigenous flora and fauna into their exquisite designs, transforming wintry berry springs and northern sea creatures into elegant three-dimensional works of art that appealed to a sophisticated European clientele.

Illustrated with objects from Robert Schreiber's outstanding collection, supplemented with craftsmen's drawings and archival documents, Nystr?m's thoroughly researched text includes engaging glimpses of the culture surrounding R?rstrand (a former castle), especially the close-knit community of insightful administrators, talented designers and inventors, and artisans. The book chronicles not only the company's artistic achievements but the day-to-day personalities and decisions behind the emergence of this once-utilitarian factory as the birthplace of some of Sweden's most beautiful decorative objects.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558598448
• ISBN13: 9781558598447
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 4.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.4" x 13.3"