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Aug 17, 1916 Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden Died on 07 Apr 1982 (aged 65)
Swedish artist (1916-1982)
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About Stig Lindberg
- Stig Lindberg (17 August 1916 in Umeå, Sweden – 7 April 1982 in San Felice Circeo, Italy) was a Swedish ceramic designer, glass designer, textile designer, industrial designer, painter, and illustrator.
- One of Sweden's most important postwar designers, Lindberg created whimsical studio ceramics and graceful tableware lines during a long career with the Gustavsberg pottery factory.
- Stig Lindberg studied painting at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design.
- In 1937, he went to work at Gustavsberg under Wilhelm Kåge.
- In 1949, he was named Kåge's successor as art director.
- From this period until he left Gustavsberg in 1980, he designed individual ceramic items, as well as factory produced ranges and lines of dinnerware.
- He achieved fame for his eccentric forms and whimsical decoration.
- He died from a myocardial infarction in 1982. His work was featured at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm from 11 May 2006 to 25 February 2007.
