Edvin Öhrström

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Edvin Öhrström in front of the model of the sculpture crystal, vertical accent i glas och stål.

Karl Edvin Öhrström (born August 22, 1906 in Burlöv ; † December 2, 1994 ) was a Swedish sculptor and glass artist .

life and work

Edvin Öhrström grew up in the Swedish city of Halmstad as the son of a railroad worker. After school he worked briefly for the railway company, but in 1925 began training as a drawing teacher at the Technical School in Stockholm . From 1928 to 1931 he studied sculpture at the Royal Art Academy under Carl Milles and Nils Sjörgen . In 1932 he moved to Paris and continued his studies at the Académie Colarossi , the Académie Scandinave Maison Watteau and the Académie Moderne . From 1936 he worked on arranging Edward Hald several months each year for the Orrefors Glassworks where he together with Gustaf Bergkvist and the artist Vicke Lindstrand his as Ariel glass developed known technique. Edvin Örström went on a number of study trips to Europe, Asia and America. At the beginning he used granite , terracotta and bronze , but from 1961 onwards he mainly worked with glass and steel. Later he worked in the Lindshammar Glashütte where he developed his sculptures from glass primes. One of his best-known sculptures is the 130-tonne sculpture crystal, vertical accent i glas och stål consisting of 80,000 glass primes. The sculpture stands on Sergels Torg in Stockholm .

Kungamöt by Edvin Öhrström.

literature

  • Folke Holmér: Edvin Öhrström - sculptor, teckningar and litografier under 50 år. Nordiska bokhandeln , Stockholm 1979, ISBN 91-516-0015-3 .
  • Alfons Hannes: The Wolfgang Kermer Collection, Frauenau Glass Museum: Glass of the 20th Century; 50s to 70s. (= Bavarian Museums. 9). Schnell & Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-7954-0753-2 , pp. 118–120. (with contributions by Wolfgang Kermer and Erwin Eisch )
  • Märta Holkers, Folke Holmér: Edvin Öhrström's sculpture i glas. Carlssons i samarbete med Glasmuseet i Växjö, Stockholm 1991, ISBN 91-7798-461-7 .
  • Charlotte and Peter Fiell: Scandinavian design. Taschen-Verlag, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-8228-4118-8 .
  • Hugo Palmskiöld: Glass sculptures Edvin Öhrström. Signum, Lund 2006, ISBN 91-87896-81-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ edvinohrstrom.com
  2. ↑ Palmsköld: Edvin Öhrström. 2006, p. 6.
personal data
SURNAME Öhrström, Edvin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Öhrström, Karl Edvin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish sculptor and glass artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Burlöv
DATE OF DEATH 2nd December 1994