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The story of the Holmegaard glassworks is the story of 20th-century Danish domestic and art glass, which was shaped by a series of talented designers who brought the company international recognitio
With his range of tableware in sober shapes and colours,
Jacob Bang (1899-1965) established Holmegaard glass place in the modern glass
pantheon in the interwar years. After World War II, that role fell to Per
Lutken.
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During the 1950s, Lutken explored the supremely plastic
nature of glass with a range of flowing, organic, free- blown designs, such as
the famous series of Beak vases and heart-shaped Minuet vases, mostly in smoky
grey, aqua blue, and a range of soft, clear greens. Although he was not a glass
technician, Lutken had an intimate understanding of the glass-blower's art and
developed several new techniques, such as "self-blowing",
pin-blowing, and "swung-out" glass.
In the 1960s, the Holmegaard designs reflected the trend towards increasingly angular and geometric shapes and the bright colours |
associated with Pop Art with such ranges as Liitken's cased
and mould-blown Carnaby series. The mass-produced Carnaby shapes varied and
became increasingly complex in larger sizes.
The Gullvase series designed in 1962 by Otto Brauer was based on a Lutken design of 1958. However, these vases were made in both transparent and cased (more popular, especially in red) brightly coloured glass and were part of the trend for inexpensive but stylish accessories for modern interiors; this remains their appeal today.
The Gullvase series designed in 1962 by Otto Brauer was based on a Lutken design of 1958. However, these vases were made in both transparent and cased (more popular, especially in red) brightly coloured glass and were part of the trend for inexpensive but stylish accessories for modern interiors; this remains their appeal today.
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Michael Bang (b.1924) continued the popular mass-produced
Holmegaard ranges with his Palet tableware series (1968-76). The distinctive
mould- blown shapes were made in a base layer of white glass cased in a bright
colour, giving the pieces a fashionably bright plastic-like appearance.
PER
LUTKEN
The name of Per Lutken (1916-98) is
virtually synonymous with Danish glass.
Lutken originally trained as a painter at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen and designed his first piece of art glass for the Danish Handicraft exhibition in Stockholm in 1942. During his 56-year career at Holmegaard he created an extraordinarily broad and inventive range of designs - from one-off sculptural art glass, to mass-produced table and domestic ware - constantly reinventing himself, as well as adapting and discovering new techniques.
Lutken was a generous and deeply respected designer, and acknowledged the skill of the glassmakers who executed his pieces by recording their names alongside his design sketches.
Lutken originally trained as a painter at the School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen and designed his first piece of art glass for the Danish Handicraft exhibition in Stockholm in 1942. During his 56-year career at Holmegaard he created an extraordinarily broad and inventive range of designs - from one-off sculptural art glass, to mass-produced table and domestic ware - constantly reinventing himself, as well as adapting and discovering new techniques.
Lutken was a generous and deeply respected designer, and acknowledged the skill of the glassmakers who executed his pieces by recording their names alongside his design sketches.
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