Tapio Wirkkala

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Tapio Wirkkala (1959)

Tapio Wirkkala (born June 2, 1915 in Hanko ; † May 19, 1985 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish graphic artist , interior architect and designer .

life and work

Wirkkala was a graduate of the Helsinki School of Art and Design .

He worked with Raymond Loewy in New York .

Since 1952, Wirkkala worked for the Finnish glass factory Iittala , which became internationally known through the designs Wirkkalas and especially Alvar Aalto . Wirkkala's best-known designs include the Tapio drinking glass series and his leaf-shaped wooden bowls, the so-called leaf dishes from the 1950s.

From 1957 he worked for Rosenthal . His porcelain , glass and cutlery designs include Century , Composition , Curve , Polygon , Waist and Variation . The Century service was included in the permanent collection of contemporary design at the Center Georges Pompidou in Paris , and today a variation can be found in the MoMa collection in New York. In 1964 his works were shown at documenta III in Kassel in the Industrial Design department . In 1968, Wirkkala received the Medaglia d'Oro for the Rosenthal porcelain Rotunda . In 1972 he was honored with the Finnish Academic of Art (Taiteen akateemikko) award.

Tapio Wirkkala was married to the artist Ruth Bryk (daughter of the artist and entomologist Felix Bryk ). The Tapio Wirkkala Rut Bryk Foundation in Helsinki commemorates the works of both artists, whose daughter Maaria Wirkkala is also an internationally successful artist.

exhibition

  • 2015: Timeless Beauty - Porcelain and Glass Designed by Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal , Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki ; then in 2016 at the Grassi Museum , Leipzig, with the title Tapio Wirkkala - Finnish Design - Glass and Silver .
  • 2017: Exhibition in the Gernheim glassworks , Petershagen , March to August 2017

Picture gallery

  • Tapio Wirkkala (between 1956 and 1960)

  • Bottles (1966)

  • Avena vase (1970)

  • Vase (1970)

  • Icebirds (1975)

  • Aphrodite (1975)

  • Kantarelli / Chanterelle vase

  • Rosenthal porcelain Rotunda

  • Lapin Puukko

literature

  • Uta Laurén: Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal. What the function demands, the production demands and the market wants (publication series of the Finland Institute in Germany 8). Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8305-1085-7
  • GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts Leipzig & Finnish Glass Museum in Riihimäki (ed.): Tapio Wirkkala - Finnish Design. Glass and silver. arnoldsche ART PUBLISHERS 2016, ISBN 978-3-89790-450-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ He was the Henry Moore of the glass blowing in FAZ from July 26, 2016, page 12.
personal data
SURNAME Wirkkala, Tapio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish graphic artist, interior architect and designer
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanko
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1985
Place of death Helsinki