Victor Emanuel "Vicke" Lindstrand

Sweden
Sweden
Games Participations2
First Olympic GamesLos Angeles 1932
Year of Birth1904

Biography

Sweden’s Vicke Lindstrand was a Swedish Art glass designer. He is considered as a pioneer in Swedish glass art. As a child, Lindstrand was interested in drawing. He studied commercial art and worked in commercial illustration before beginning his career at the glass manufacturers Orrefors in 1928. Lindstrand added new artistic dimensions to the already famous Orrefors glass with his unique designs and revitalization of classic forms and techniques. In 1950 Lindstrand joined Kosta Glasbruk as an artistic director until his retirement in 1973. He then spent the last 10 years in his life as a freelance artist working at Studio Glashyttan in Åhus.

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