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A BUY E R’ S GUIDE STIG LINDBERG: 1916 – 1982
Stig Lindberg’s design credentials are both extensive and impressive; artist, designer, trendsetter…the words seem insufficient to describe him and his endless accomplishments in the field of decoration and design.
Today he remains one of Sweden's most beloved and most important post war designers and his colourful, fanciful world of comic characters, fluid forms and exquisite colours offer a taste of post war Scandinavian perfection which can be enjoyed as much today as when first created.
Will Farmer is our antiques & collectors expert, he is well known for his resident work on the Antiques Roadshow, he has also written for the popular ‘Miller’s Antique Guide’. Those in the know will have also come across him at ‘Fieldings Auctioneers’. We are delighted that Will writes for Live 24-Seven, he brings with him a wealth of knowledge and expertise.
Stig Lindberg was a craftsman active during the ‘Golden Age’ of the Swedish industrial arts. Throughout his career, Lindberg was engaged in a multitude of industrial and personal projects across various media including plastic, clay and paper. For many Swedes, Stig Lindberg is the representative visual identity of the playful design of the 1950s.
Stig Lindberg was born in 1916 in Umeå, a seaport town in northern Sweden. From an early age he showed a natural skill in the field of art and design and eventually went on to study at the Swedish State School of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm hoping to become a painter. His artistic talent is clearly evident in all the different disciplines he eventually worked in as his natural flair for form, shape and colour shine through whether on a pot or flowing across folds of gloriously coloured fabrics.
After graduating in 1937 he started his career as a faience painter at Gustavsberg pottery under the tutorship of the great Wilhelm Kåge, then creative director. At the time of his employment the factory was struggling and the boss initially declined to hire him, to which the stubborn Stig Lindberg replied: "If you hire me, I will make sure that there is work at the factory." And this he did. Stig Lindberg made a huge success of Gustavsberg’s porcelain factory and under the strong guiding hand of Kåge his portfolio of work exploded along with his understanding of design, marketing and the buying public who were growing ever more affectionate of his whimsical designs. Kåge was a major influence on the young Lindberg, so much so that by 1949 Lindberg was named his successor as art director of Gustavsberg.
Lindberg was eventually permitted to explore different media and techniques while at Gustavsberg. It was the objective of Gustavsberg that their industrial products should exhibit an integrated functionalism and artistry; designers like Lindberg were encouraged to experiment across numerous media, form and colour to achieve this balance. Lindberg proved a highly adaptable craftsman and his output included high quality stoneware and plastic household articles.
Stig Lindberg was not only a creative aesthete, he was even more adept at / 94
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