Ulrica Hydman-Vallien

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Spirits Vase, 1986

Ulrica Hydman-Vallien (born March 24, 1938 in Stockholm ; † March 21, 2018 in Eriksmåla, Emmaboda ) was a Swedish artist who mainly worked with glass and painting .

education

Ulrica Hydman-Vallien received her education in the 1950s at the Konstfack Art School in Stockholm. Her teacher, Stig Lindberg, was on the ceramics line . There she met her future husband, Bertil Vallien , whom she married in 1963. After her training, she and her husband made study trips to Mexico and the USA , where they both worked with ceramics. Back home got Bertil Vallien as a designer in the offer, glassworks of Åfors to work, then they moved to the small Hüttenort in Småland .

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Some vases typical of Ulrica Hydman-Valliens

Ulrica Hydman-Vallien was an all-round artist, but her work in glass, watercolor and textile with the typical tulips, wolves and twisted snakes in intense colors and strong brushstrokes became best known . It wasn't until 1972 that she had her breakthrough as a glass artist. As a protest against the conservative industry, she created the "rat bowl " Råttskålen , which was supposed to fit as an exclusive gift, but she decorated the bowl with large, black rats. The management immediately rejected the product. The rat bowl never came into production. However, this did not prevent Ulrica Hydman-Vallien from continuing with her idiosyncratic ideas, and with great success.

She was one of the fifty selected artists worldwide who artistically adorned the British Airways air fleet . This included everything from the tail fins to the napkins, tickets and the airline's stationery.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Konstnären Ulrica Hydman Vallien är död , accessed on March 22, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Hydman-Vallien, Ulrica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 2018
Place of death Eriksmåla, Emmaboda