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Georg Jensen
De Deense zilversmid en ontwerper Georg Jensen
Persoonsgegevens
Volledige naam	Georg Arthur Jensen
Geboren	31 augustus 1866
Overleden	2 oktober 1935
Geboorteland	Denemarken
Beroep(en)	beeldhouwer & zilversmid
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Stijl(en)	Art Nouveau
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Dobbelbeker ontworpen door Dan Christensens voor Georg Jensen

Thermoskan "Quack" ontworpen door Maria Berntsens voor Georg Jensen

Thermoskan ontworpen door Sigvard Bernadotte voor Georg Jensen

Georg Jensen Winkel in Kopenhagen, ontworpen door Johan Rohde

Georg Arthur Jensen (Raadvad, Denemarken, 31 augustus 1866 - Kopenhagen, 2 oktober 1935) was een Deense zilversmid.

Biografie

Georg Jensen werd geboren in 1866 in Raadvad, ten noorden van Kopenhagen. Zijn vader, Jørgen Jensen, was een messenslijper en zijn moeder, Martha Marie Jensen, zorgde thuis voor het gezin. Jensen was de jongste uit een gezin van acht. Hij begon op zijn veertiende te leren voor goudsmid.

In 1892 studeerde hij af aan de de Koninklijke Zweedse Kunstacademie en begon hij zijn kunstwerken tentoon te stellen. Aan het begin van 1898 begon hij een kleine pottenbakkerij met Christian Petersen.

In 1891 trouwde Jensen met Marie Christiane Antonette Wulff, ook wel Antonette genoemd; zij kregen twee kinderen, Vidar en Jorgen. In 1897 stierf Antonette aan een nierziekte.

In 1901 stopte Jensen met het maken van keramiek en begint hij als zilversmid en ontwerper te werken onder leiding van Mogens Ballin. In 1904 opende hij, in Kopenhagen in de straat Bredgade op nummer 36, zijn eigen smederij.

Zelf zei Jensen over het werken met zilver:

Silver is the best material we have, silver has this wonderful shine like moonlight, a light taken straight from a Danish summer's night when covered by dew, silver can look like magical mist.

In 1909 stelde Carl Dyhr, een Deense kunsthandelaar, aan Jensen voor om een winkel in Berlijn te openen om “Georg Jensen Zilver” en “Royal Copenhagen Porselein” te verkopen.

Jensen stelde in 1914 een groot deel van zijn collectie ten toon in de Zweedse stad Malmö, en die werd gekocht door een bekende kunsthandelaar, Nils Wendel.

In 1911 ging de Deense beeldhouwer Gundorph Albertus werken voor Jensens zilversmederij in Bredgade. Later werd hij de onderdirecteur van de zilversmederij. In 1919 trouwde hij met Johanne's jongere zus Inger. Albertus was de ontwerper van “CACTUS” in zilver en “MITRA” in roestvrij staal.

Jensen kreeg met Johanna drie kinderen: Lise in 1912, Birgitte in 1914 en Soren in 1917.

In 1916 werd er een bedrijf gesticht onder de naam Georg Jensen Solvsmedie A/S (Georg Jensen Zilversmederij). In 1918 vormden Jensen, Nils Wendel en Thorolf Moller een gemeenschappelijk bedrijf onder de naam Aktieselskabet Georg Jensen & Wendel.

De winkel werd ontworpen door Johan Rohde. In 1918, aan het einde van de Eerste Wereldoorlog, werd er besloten om een winkel in Parijs te openen aan de Rue St. Honoré vlakbij de Place Vendome. De volgende winkel werd geopend in Londen. Zijn vrouw Johanne stierf op 7 augustus 1918 aan de Spaanse griep.

Frederik Lunning, een galeriehouder en zakenman uit Odense (Denemarken), werd in 1921 gevraagd om een nieuwe winkel te openen in Londen. En in 1923 werd hem gevraagd om te gaan verkopen in New York. In 1924 opende Lunning de eerste winkel in New York. In Kopenhagen werd P.A. Pedersen de algemeen directeur van de zilversmederij (Georg Jensen Solvsmedie A/S) en Thorolf Moller de algemeen directeur van de verkoopafdeling (Georg Jensen & Wendel A/S). Beiden hielden ze deze positie tot aan hun dood, Pedersen in 1937 en Moller in 1951.

In 1925 won hij de Grand Prix op de Wereldtentoonstelling van Parijs. In 1927 kreeg hij zijn laatste kind, Ib. Op de Wereldtentoonstelling van 1929 in Barcelona won hij wederom de Grand Prix en in 1932 was hij de enige zilversmid buiten Engeland wiens werk werd tentoongesteld in de Goldsmiths' Hall. In 1935 won hij opnieuw de Grand Prix op de Wereldtentoonstelling van Brussel. Maar in datzelfde jaar overleed hij. Hij werd begraven op begraafplaats van Hellerup.

Stamboom

Jørgen Jensen 1831-1895

Martha Martine Marie Harding 1831-1903

Georg Arthur Jensen 1866-1935

Alexander

Charles Johan

Arild Oscar

Valdemar Louis

Frits

Astrid

Valborg

Marie Christiane Antonette Wulff 1864-1897

Vidar Wulff Jensen 1891-1987

Jørgen Adolf harding Jensen 1895-1966

Magna Maren Petersen 1865-1907

Vibeke Jensen 1904-1937

Laura Julie Johanne Nielsen 1883-1918

Lise Georg Jensen 1912-1994

Birgitte Georg Jensen 1914-1998

Søren Georg Jensen 1917-1982

Magdelene Hanna Christiansen 1988-1966

Mette Georg Jensen 1921

Georg Jensen merktekens

Op z'n twintigste ondertekende Georg Jensen zijn eerste sculpture "My Father" (1887). In 1894 gebruikte hij GJ als merkteken en vanaf 1999 gebruikte hij vaak de afkorting GJ. Vaak werd het jaar na het merkteken gezet.

Merktekens van Georg Jensen

1. Gebruikt van 1904 - 1908
2. Gebruikt van 1909 - 1914
3. Gebruikt van 1910 - 1925
4. Gebruikt van 1915 - 1930
5. Gebruikt van 1915 - 1927
6. Gebruikt van 1925 - 1932
7. Gebruikt in de jaren '30 voor gravures
8. Gebruikt van 1933 - 1944
9. Gebruikt van 1945 - 1951 voor items die in het klein werden verkocht in Kopenhagen
10. Gebruikt van 1945 - heden

Merktekens van de ontwerpers van Georg Jensen

1.Johan Rohde (1856-1935)
2.Gundorph Albertus (1887-1970)
3.Harald Nielsen (1892-1977)
4.Arno Malinowski (1899-1976)
5.Sigvaard Bernadotte (1907-2002)
6.Henning Koppel (1918 - 1981)
7.Bent Gabrielsen (1928)
8.Nanna en Jorgen Ditzel
9.Nana Ditzel (1923-2005)
10.Vivianna Torun Bulow-Hube (1927-2004)
11.Allan Scharff (1940)

Georg Jensen patronen

Sigvard Bernadotte, met op de voorgrond het door hem ontworpen patroon "Bernadotte".

Jensen zelf ontwierp dertien tafelzilver patronen waarvan acht een naam en nummer hebben en de overige vijf alleen een nummer.

Patroon Amerikaans/Deens	Jaar van introductie	Ontwerper
Fuchsia/Klokke	1906	Georg Jensen
Continental/Antik	1906	Georg Jensen
Dahlia	1912	Siegfried Wagner
Rose-Lily of the Valley/Liljekonval	1913	Georg Jensen
Acorn/Konge	1915	Johan Rodhe
Beaded/Kugle	1916	Georg Jensen
Rope/Perle	1916	Georg Jensen
Acanthus/Dronning	1917	Johan Rodhe
Akkeleje	1918	Georg Jensen
Blossom/Magnolie	1919	Georg Jensen
Pyramid/Pyramide	1926	Harald Nielsen
Viking/Nordisk	1927	Georg Jensen
Scroll/Saga	1927	Johan Rodhe
Cactus/Kaktus	1930	Gundorph Albertus
Parallel/Relief	1931	O. Gundlach-Pedersen
Acadia/Blok	1934	Ib Just Andersen
Mayan/Rune	1937	Johan Rodhe
Agave/ Elsinore	1937	Harald Nielsen
Nordic/Ladby	1937	O. Gundlach-Pedersen
Bernadotte	1939	Sigvaard Bernadotte
Bittersweet/Pinje	1940	Gundorph Albertus
Old Danish/Dobbeltriflet	1947	Harald Nielsen
Cypress/Cypres	1953	Tias Eckhoff
Caravel	1957	Henning Koppel
Argo/Fregat	1961	Magnus Stephensen
Margrethe	1966	Rigmor Andersen/Annelise Bjorner
Koppel	1981	Rigmor Andersen/Annelise Bjorner

De ontwerpers van Georg Jensen

Gundolph Albertus Vilhelm Albertus Anne Ammitzboll Ib Just Andersen Knud Holst Andersen Rigmor Andersen Steffen Andersen Jens Andreasen Sigvard Bernadotte Annelise Bjorner Ib Bluitgen Bente Bonne Max Brammer Ove Brobeck Jorgen Dahlerup Ibe Dahlquist Nanna Ditzel Tias Eckhoff Flemming Eskildsen Tuk Fischer Astrid Fog

Ernst Forsmann Kirsten Fournais Bent Gabrielsen Bertel Gardberg Arje Griegst Inger Hanmann Poul Hansen Per Harild Marie Hassenpflug Henry Heerup Piet Hein Gudmund Hentze Hans Henriksen Erik Herlow Gert Holbek Knud Holscher Annette Howdle Theresia Hvorslev Ole Ishoj Hans Ittig Axel Jensen

Jorgen Jensen Soren Georg Jensen Bjarne Jespersen Henning Koppel Ole Kortzau Edvard Kindt-Larsen Anette Kraen Hugo Liisberg Arno Malinowski Erik Magnussen Andreas Mikkelsen Kristian Mohl-Hansen Kim Naver Harald Nielsen Regitze Overgaard Oscar Gundlach Pedersen Gustav Pedersen Arne Petersen Bent Holse Petersen Ole Bent Petersen Henry Pilstrup

Johan Rohde Anton Rosen Allan Scharff Henning Seidelin Thor Selzer Svend Siune Minas Spiridis Olaf en Eva Staer-Nielsen Magnus Stephensen Torun Siegfried Wagner Ole Wanscher Ove Wendt Othmar Zschaler

De Georg Jensen Society

Op 24 april 2000 werd de "The Georg Jensen Society" (in het Deens "Georg Jensen Selskabet") opgericht in Kopenhagen. Het doel van de sociëteit was om informatie te verspreiden over het leven en de kunst van zilversmid en beeldhouwer Georg Jensen. De sociëteit verzamelt zoveel mogelijk informatie en origineel materaal over het leven van Georg Jensen, zijn artistieke carrière als zilversmid en beeldhouwer en de bedrijven "Georg Jensen's Silver smithy" en "Georg Jensen & Wendel".

Externe links

• (en) Officiële Pagina
• (en) Biografie
• (en) The Georg Jensen Society
• (en) Jensensilver.com Nieuws en Info
• (en) The Georg Jensen Designers
• (en) The Unknown Georg Jensen

Literatuur

• Walter Schwartz, Georg Jensen an artist his time and family, gepubliceerd door Georg Jensen & Wendel A/S, 1958
• Jorgen E.R.Moller, Georg Jensen the Danisch silversmith, gepubliceerd door Georg Jensen & Wendel A/S, 1984
• Renwick Gallery, Georg Jensen Silversmithy 77 artist 75 years, 1980

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Gundolph Albertus (1887 - 1970)

Gundolph Albertus heeft 40 jaar voor de Georg Jensen zilversmederij gewerkt. Van 1926 tot 1954 was hij de assistent bedrijfsleider en vanuit die functie hield hij controle op de productie en zorgde ervoor dat alle stukken die werden geproduceerd voldeden aan zijn hoge staandaard van vakmanschap. Hij begon zijn carriere in 1905 als een graveerder. Van 1908 tot 1911 leerde hij voor zilversmid in Munich en Paris en toen hij terug kwam in Denemarken ging hij werken als graveerder in de Georg Jensen zilversmederij. Ook studeerde hij beeldhouwen aan de Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts waar hij in 1915 afstudeerde.

Albertus werd Georg Jensen's zwager toen hij trouwde met de zus van Jensens vrouw, Johanne. Zij was ook de zus van Harald Nielsen, de artistiek directeur van de zilversmederij na Jensen dood in 1935. Nielsen en Albertus werkte velen jaren samen.

In addition to overseeing all the Silversmithy production, Albertus also designed jewlery, flatware and hollowware. In particular, in 1930 he designed the ever popular flaware pattern, CACTUS, and in 1941, the first stainless flatware pattern, MITRA which was produced by Georg Jensen because of the wartime shortage of silver.

Albertus designed cups, bowls, dishes, trays and cocktail shakers many of which have stylised floral motifs similar to the Cacus design. Much of his holloware from the 1930s has very sleek modern shapes with floral ornmentation and can be seen as a transition from the early heavily ornamented designs to the more clean, virutally unornamented designs of the later years.

He was represented in many exhibitions especially in Denmark and France and received a gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition in 1925 and a diplome d'honneur at the 1937 international exposition in Paris.

From GEORG JENSEN HOLLOWWARE, THE SILVERFUND COLLECTION, David A. Taylor & Jason W. Laskey, 2003

VILHELM ALBERTUS (1878 - 1963)

Vilhelm Albertus, brother of Gundorph Albertus, worked for many years in the design department of the Georg Jensen Silversmithy.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

ANNE AMMITZBOLL(1934- )

Anne Ammitzboll studied at the Finn Juhl School of Interior Design and Mulle Hoyrup’s experimental school for textile printing in Kokkedal, Denmark. She has designed and sold children’s clothes in her own shop and has been employed as a designer of leather goods by Form and Farve in Copenhagen. Ammitzboll worked with Andreas Mikkelsen since 1970 and has been employed as a designer by the Georg Jensen Silversmithy since 1978.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

KNUD HOLST ANDERSEN (1935- )

After completing his apprenticeship as a silversmith in Denmark in 1961, Knud Holst Andersen went abroad to continue his studies at the Tokyo University of Art from 1961 to 1964 and in the Royal College Of Art in Kensington, England in 1975. Andersen has submitted examples of his silver and bronze hollowware to exhibitions held in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, and France. His work is represented in museums and other public collections and has won many honors. In 1973 the Danish Society of Arts and Crafts named him “Artist-Craftsman of the Year”. He has been associated with the Georg Jensen Silversmithy since 1973.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

IB JUST ANDERSEN (1884 - 1943)

Ib Just Andersen was a sculptor and silversmith who in his early career designed for Georg Jensen, A. Michelsen and P. Hertz, In 1918 he opened Just Andersen Pewter and he is best known for his neoclassic Scandinavian design of articles for everyday use in pewter, brass, copper, bronze and Disko. (Disko Metal is an alloy of lead and antimony, which was Andersen's own invention and named after the Disko Bay of Greenland, where he grew up.) It was used to produce "Bronze" items, such as candlesticks, vases, sculptures and models in the foundry, because it was cheaper than real bronze. After being cast the pieces were patinated as bronze, copper or brass. Just Andersen had his own show rooms in Berlin, London, New York and Los Angeles. In 1934 he designed Blok flatware for Jensen.

RIGMOR ANDERSEN (1903 - 1995)

After studying Danish architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Rigmor Andersen worked with Danish architect Kaare Klint from 1929 to 1939. Primarily a furniture designer, she taught at the Danish Academy since 1944. Examples of her work are in the collections of many museums, including the Danish Museum of Decorative Arts in Copenhagen. The Knud V. Englehardt Memorial Prize and Eckerseberg Medal (received with Annelise Bjorner) have been awarded to Andersen for the Margrethe pattern.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

STEFFEN ANDERSEN (1936- )

From 1956 until 1958 Steffen Andersen attended the Danish College of Jewelry, Silversmithing, and Commercial Design,(Guldsmedehoejskolen). He has worked with the Georg Jensen Silversmithy in London from 1959 to 1960 and in Copenhagen in the design department from 1961 to 1971, in the advertising department from 1971 to 1975 and in the hollow ware department since 1975.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

JENS ANDREASEN ( 1924 - 1996)

Jens Andreasen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. His work is represented in the Metropolitan Museum n New York, the National Museum in Copenhagen, and in museums in Szczecin and Gdansk, Poland. He has been associated with the Georg Jensen Siversmithy since 1978.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

SIGVAARD BERNADOTTE (1907 - 2002)

Bernadotte was the son of Gustav Adolf VI, king of Sweden and brother of Ingrid, queen mother of Denmark. As a young man he wanted to become an actor but his father and grandfather didn't approve so he studied art history at Sweden's Uppsala University. He attended the School of Decorative Arts in Stockholm and became committed to designing practical, useful things that were stylish and beautiful not beautiful ornamental things with no purpose.

At the age of 23, he began to design for the Georg Jensen Silversmithy. His designs were a departure from what was thought of as the Jensen style. He introduced clear cut disciplined forms common in modern Swedish taste to the Danish Silver tradition. His elegant and distinguished designs show a preference for geometrical figures, spheres, cylinders and funnels enhanced with engraved lines, profiles and soldered parallel fluting.

After leaving the Georg Jensen Silversmithy, Bernadotte created industrial designs and in 1950 he formed a partnership with the architect Acton Bjorn, Bernadotte & Bjorn Industridesign. The firm designed many different products ranging from calculators to office refrigerators. In 1964, an offshoot of the firm, Bernadotte Design with Sigvaard Bernadotte at its head was created and it became the largest design consulting firm in Northern Europe.

Bernadotte experimented in all areas of design including designing sets for Hollywood movies.

Bernadotte was a major figure in the field of Scandinavian industrial design and a leader in the Society of Swedish Industrial Designers and the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design.

From SIGVAARD BERNADOTTE by ERINDRINGER and DESIGN SIGVAARD BERNADOTTE

ANNELISE BJORNER (1932- )

Annelise Bjorner studied architecture and industrial design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She has worked with architects Arne Karlsen, Vilhelm Wohlert, and Mogens Koch. Since 1962 , Bjorner has collaborated with Rigmor Andersen, with whom she received the Eckersberg Medal in 1968 for the Margrethe cutlery pattern.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

IB BLUITGEN (1921- )

Ib Bluitgen trained as a silversmith at the Georg Jensen Silversmithy and was awarded a silver medal, the top honor. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Sculpture from 1945 to 1948 and worked in the Georg Jensen Silversmithy design department from 1948 to 1962, becoming head of that department in 1950. His designs were fresh, modern and very Danish. Bluitgen opened his own studio in 1961 and was one of the founders of the Danish Crafts Council and an active member in the group, Danish Silversmiths which holds exhibitions of their work throughout the world.

Bluitgen's work has been exhihibited throughout Europe and North America and was part of a recent exhibit "Dansk Solv 2000" at the Kolding Museum in Kolding, Denmark. Bluitgen received awards at the Milan Triennale in 1954 and the Statens Kunstfornd prize in 1976.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

BENTE BONNE (1929 - 1996)

Bente Bonne was a Danish glass engraver that won numerous awards including the Ole Haslund’s Award, participated in many exhibitions including The International Exhibition of Glass Craft in Japan, and New Glass In Europe, held in Dusseldorf, Germany, and worked on a number of enamel and glass pieces for Georg Jensen.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

MAX BRAMMER (1940- )

After training as a silversmith at the Jensen silverworks, Max Brammer opened his own workshop in 1961.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

OVE BROBECK ( – 1971)

Ove Brobeck worked for many years in the design departments of Oscar Gundlacj-Pedersen and Georg Jensen. Brobeck’s designs are most notable in hollowware.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

JORGEN DAHLERUP (1930- )

Trained as a silversmith, Jorgen Dahlerup studied sculpture and industrial design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. His work, which includes hollowware and religious objects, is represented in the Bodo Glaub Collection in Cologne, Germany, and in the Danish Museum of Decorative Art and the Danish Design Center in Copenhagen. He designed Prism, a stainless steel flatware pattern in 1069 with Gert Holbek.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

IBE DAHLQUIST (1924- )

Ibe Dahlquist studied at the Swedish School of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. She has had many exhibitions in Sweden and elsewhere and her work is on display in Goldsmith's Hall, London and in many Swedish museums. She maintains a workship in Stockholm and has designed jewelry for the Georg Jensen silversmithy since 1965.

NANNA DITZEL (1923 - 2005)

Nanna Ditzel is one of Denmark's most accomplished designers and was the first woman to design for Georg Jensen. She was born in Copenhagen and attended the Danish School of Arts, Crafts and Design and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1946. While still a student she began showing her work at the Cabinetmaker's Guild annual exhibits. She also met her first husband, Jorgen Ditzel at school and they began working and exhibiting together in 1944. She was trained in cabinet making; he in upholstery and they shared a design aesthetic based on creating comfortable, livable and simple environments.

The Ditzels spent the first part of their career together, as did many post war designers in Denmark, trying to produce furniture that would expand, separate or serve a dual purpose in order to appropriately furnish a small apartment. Two of their innovative designs were a tea table with a top that lifted off to become a tray and a 1951 bed that tapered towards the foot to take up less space. In 1949, Ditzel designed the functional, but more decorative, curved "Two Seat Sofa" and a 1951 chaise lounge for Knud Willadsen. The Ditzel's cozy 1959 "Basket" chair, meant to be suspended from the ceiling, is the most famous example of their experiments working with wicker. They also designed a set of enamel kitchen utensils for the Ravnholm factory in the 1950's, and Nanna designed a series of jewelry that won a prize from the Goldsmith's Association in 1950.

In 1954, they began to create designs for Georg Jensen. Jorgen died in 1961 but Ditzel kept their studio going and continued to work in a variety of media, designing among others, wooden furniture and silver jewelry. In 1962, Ditzel came out with the successful "Toadstool," which was a multi-purpose, stacking stool or table for children.

Ditzel created many designs for Georg Jensen, mostly jewelry although she also created some hollowware. In recent years, Ditzel has focussed mainly on furniture design.

Ditzel has won many major awards during her long career and has had her work exhibited all over the world. She received the silver and gold medals at the Milan Tirennale (1954 and 1960), the Lunning Prize (with Jorgen Ditzel in 1954) and a gold medal at the International Furniture Design Competition in 1990.

From GEORG JENSEN HOLLOWWARE, THE SILVERFUND COLLECTION, David A. Taylor & Jason W. Laskey, 2003

TIAS ECKHOFF(1926- )

Recently appointed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav, on June 20 th 2007, for his long career in industrial design, Tias Eckhoff is the designer of many flatware patterns, including Cypress designed for Georg Jensen, for which he had won the Lunning Prize in 1953. A graduate of the Norwegian School of Arts and Crafts, he has won many other awards, including gold medals at the Milan Triennale in both 1954 and 1957. Employed at Porsgund Porcelain Factory since 1949, his designs continue to be recognized both in his own nation and abroad, being found in museums in New York.

From GEORG JENSEN HOLLOWWARE, THE SILVERFUND COLLECTION, David A. Taylor & Jason W. Laskey, 2003

FLEMMING ESKILDSEN (1936- )

After training at the Georg Jensen Silversmithy, Flemming Eskildsen joined the firm in 1958. He has also designed the Magnolia Classic porcelain pattern for Royal Copenhagen based on Georg Jensen’s favored flower bud motif from 1905 on.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years, Royal Copenhagen Website)

TUK FISCHER (1939- )

Trained as a goldsmith, Tuk Fischer attended the Danish School of Arts, Crafts, and Design in 1964. She began working as a designer at the Georg Jensen Silversmithy in 1962.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

ASTRID FOG (1911-1993)

In 1969, Astrid Fog released her first jewelry collection for Georg Jensen, and is noted for her modernist sensibilities and combinations of simple geometric shapes, such as circles, squares, and rectangles. Fog is also associated with Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactury and designs clothing as well as lamps.

From GEORG JENSEN HOLLOWWARE, THE SILVERFUND COLLECTION, David A. Taylor & Jason W. Laskey, 2003

ERNST FORSMANN (1910- )

Ernst Forsmann completed his training as a goldsmith when he was twenty hears old. He was associated with the Georg Jensen Silversmithy from 1953 – 1975.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

KIRSTEN FOURNAIS (1933- )

Kirsten Fournais has designed jewelry for the Georg Jensen Silversmithy since 1978.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

BENT GABRIELSEN (1928-2014)

Bent Gabrielsen qualified as a goldsmith in 1949 after serving his apprenticeship with the goldsmith Ejler Fangel in Copenhagen. He had planned to be a carpenter like his grandfather but since apprenticeships were scarce, the only available position was as a goldsmith's apprentice. Gabrielsen was among the first group of students at the Goldsmith's Academy from where he graduated with top grades in 1953. He was immediately hired by the Hans Hansen Solvsmedie and worked there until 1969. By the time he left he was responsible for the firm's entire production. After leaving the Hans Hansen company, Gabrielsen set up his own workshop called "Gabrielsen's Guldsmedie". He kept his business small with he and his wife the only employees. A large part of his production was sold in Japan . Bent Gabrielsen won the Lunning Prize in 1964. As Erik Bohr, Chairman of the Lunning Committee wrote, " Bent Gabrielsen's jewelry carries absolute conviction as to its function; his handling of materials is so restrained and well considered that one feels this could hardly be otherwise. His jewelry is simple and clearly constructed, often with links connecting naturally with each other so that the complete piece makes up a beautiful whole. Every single detail of his things is worked out. There are no false effects. He does not take the easy way out."

From BENT GABRIELSEN, 40 YEARS WITH JEWELRY at the TRAPHOLT MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, KOLDING, DENMARK 1994

BERTEL GARDBERG (1916 – 2007)

A Finnish silversmith, Bertel Gardberg worked in Copenhagen before setting up his own practice in Helsinki. He was a noted designer of cutlery (including Carelia for Hackman) as well as jewelry, (including several pieces for Georg Jensen). He has worked for Galerie Lafayette in Paris, and the Kilkenny Design Workshops in Ireland. In 1961, he won received the Lunning Prize as well as the Pro Finlandia Medal. He also won Milan’s triennial in 1957.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

ARJE GRIEGST (1938- )

After training in Copenhagen, Arje Griegst studied in Rome and Paris. From 1963 to 1965 he was a professor at the Bezazel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. He has designed ceramics, most notably the Conch service set, for Royal Copenhagen as well as glasses for Holmegaard, and has worked with the Georg Jensen Silversmithy since 1965. He also has recently taken first prize for the Copenhagen Goldsmith’s Guild’s competition, “Silver on the Edge”.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

INGER HANMANN (1918-2007)

Inger Hanmann's work is distinquished by it's decoration. Her pieces use enamel on silver with the enamel in bold swirling colors in an abstract style. She is a painter, sculptor and ceramist and one of the foremost enamelists in Scandinavia. Her early eduction was in applied art at the Tegne-og Kunstindustriskolen for Kvinder (Drawing and Applied-Art School for Women) and in fine art at the P. Rostrup Boyesens Malerskole (P. Rostrup Boyesen's Artists' School). Her interest in enameling began during a trip to italy where she saw beautiful 15th Century pieces. Her enamel works were first produced commercially by A. Michelsen in the 1950s. Her work for Georg Jensen began around 1980, following Jensen's acquisition of A. Michelsen. These days, Hanmann lives in Frederiksberg, Denmark and spends her time painting.

From GEORG JENSEN HOLLOWWARE, THE SILVERFUND COLLECTION, David A. Taylor & Jason W. Laskey, 2003,

from BIOGRAPHY on KV info site,

from BIOGRAPHY on The Danish Open Encyclopedia

Photographs From Inger Hanmann's Last Exhibit

POUL HANSEN (1902- )

Poul Hansen started working with Jensen in 1922 and was appointed foreman of the goldsmith workshop in 1937.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

PER HARILD (1934- )

After training as a silversmith in Denmark, Per Harild traveled to Germany in 1955 to further his studies. In the mid sixties he designed gold jewelry for the Georg Jensen Silversmithy. Today he has his own workshop.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

MARIE HASSENPFLUG (1933- )

German born Marie Hassenpflug studied metalworking for seven years at the School of Arts and Crafts in Krefeld, Germany, and later spent four years studying enameling at the School of Arts and Crafts in Dusseldorf. In 1961 she opened her own workshop in Dusseldorf. She has been affiliated with the Georg Jensen Silversmithy since 1971.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

HENRY HEERUP (1907 - 1993)

Henry Heerup was a painter and sculptor born in Frederiksberg, Denmark.He studied painting under Axel Jørgensen and Einar Nielsen at the Royal Danish Academy of Art. He also studied sculpture there under Einar Utzon-Frank. He painted his first oil painting, The Old Oak in Wolfvalley, in 1924. During the 1930s he developed his trash sculptures. During the 1940s he became a member of Corner and Høst and exhibited with them. In 1949 he joined Cobra and participated in some of their exhibitions. He developed an international reputation exhibiting across Europe and North America. A Year with Henry was made by Jens Jørgen Thorsen and Jørgen Roos and premiered in 1967. Heerup was appointed a Knight of Dannebrog in 1968. Henry Heerup has also been the recipient of the Eckersberg Medal in 1957 and the Thorsvaldsen Medal in 1967. He also received honorary membership in the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1977. On his passing in 1993, Henry Heerup was interred in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro section of Copenhagen. Ten years after his death, in 2003, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art dedicated their spring exhibition to Heerup. You can read more about the exhibition and Henry Heerup by clicking HERE.

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PIET HEIN (1905 - 96)

Piet Hein was a physicist who created new geometical forms called the super-ellipse and the soma cube. He was also a poet who wrote under the name "Kumbel". In the 1950s and 60s, he designed furniture, ceramics, silver hollowware and other home furnishings all of which have clean lines and smooth undecorated surfaces. They formed part of the style known as "Scandinavian Modern". Some of his designs incorporated the geometric forms he created. For example, he created a tray for Georg Jensen in 1966 in the form of a super ellipse and a container in the form of a super egg.

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HANS HENRIKSEN (1921 - )

Educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Hans Henriksen directed his own design firm from 1958 until 1968. He has been employed by the Danish Broadcasting and Television Corporation since 1963.

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GUDMUND HENTZE (1875 - 1948)

After studying painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Gudmund Hentze exhibited his work in Denmark and other European countries. He designed objects in pewter and silver for the companies of Mogens Ballin, A. Michelsen, and Georg Jensen. He is, however, better known for his paintings.

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ERIK HERLOW (1913-1991)

A graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Erik Herlow has participated in a wide range of design projects: He was one of the architects for the American Embassy built in Copenhagen in 1954. Interested in applied art, Herlow has designed many official Danish exhibition pavilions and installations, including those for the Danish exhibition at the 1951 Milan Triennale; “Design in Scandinavia,” a traveling exhibition show in twenty five North American Museums in 1954; and “Formes Scandinaves,” an exhibition held at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in 1958. He has also served as artistic consultant to the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory since 1955, and professor of industrial design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts since 1959. He was awarded gold medals at the Milan Triennale in 1954 and 1957, and the Eckersberg Medal in 1958. Also Herlow designed the famous Obelisk pattern for Copenhagen Cutlery, as well as other modern sets.

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GERT HOLBEK (1928- )

A pipemaker, designer, and inventor, Gert Holbek worked with Jorgen Dahlerup, his childhood friend, on the design of the Prism Cutlery pattern. Although Prism proves still to be a very well received flatware pattern, and one can still see his stylistic sensibilities within the pattern, Holbek continues to gain fame for his pipes.

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KNUD HOLSCHER (1930- )

Knud Holscher studied architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Winner of many architectural competitions and design awards, Holscher has received the Eckersberg Medal in 1970 and the ID Prize of the Society of International Design. He joined the office of Arne Jacobson in 1960 to oversee the construction of Jacobson’s St. Catherine’s college in 1962. He later won the British Design award in 1965 and and 1966 for collaborative work with Alan Tye. Between 1968 and 1988 he was professor of Architecture for the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and has been professor of Design since 1994. Since 1995 he has headed his own office, “ Knud Holscher Design”. Since 2004, he is an Honorary Royal Designer for Industry. Included in his many designs are stainless steel pieces for Georg Jensen.

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ANNETTE HOWDLE (1938- )

Howdle trained at the Jensen silverworks and the Danish College of Jewelry, Silversmithing and Commercial Design. She worked in the Georg Jensen design department from 1962 to 1968).

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THERESIA HVORSLEV (1935- )

Theresia Hvorslev was one of a group of talented students of the well-known goldsmith Sven-Arne Gillgren, who was chief designer at the Swedish company GAB (G Dahlgren & Co.). After graduating from Konstfackskolan (University College of Arts & Crafts and Design) in Stockholm, she apprenticed at Georg Jensen in Copenhagen and at Bernadotte & Bjørn, the design studio of Sigvard Bernadotte and the Danish architect, Acton Bjørn.

After obtaining several awards, she became recognized as one of the most influential contemporary Swedish jewelers. In addition to several museums in Scandinavia, her work is represented in the collections of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York. She also holds three Diamonds International Awards.

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OLE ISHOJ (1942- )

Trained at the Jensen silverworks, Ole Ishoj worked with Andreas Mikkelsen from 1972 until 1978. He has designed jewelry for the Georg Jensen Silversmithy since 1978.

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HANS ITTIG (1933- )

Hans Ittig maintains a workshop in Switzerland, his home country.

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AXEL JENSEN (1916- )

Trained as a silversmith, Axel Jensen first worked at the Georg Jensen Silversmithy from 1936 until 1940. he maintained his own workshop from 1940 until 1949, and since 1950 he has been employed in the Jensen modelmaking workshop.

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JORGEN JENSEN (1895 - 1960)

Jorgen Jensen was the Georg Jensen's second son and also a silversmith. He trained with the German goldsmith Leonhard Ebert and studied at the City School of Arts and Crafts in Munich. He then trained at the Georg Jensen silversmithy and was a member of the company from 1917 to 1923. thereafteruntil 1936 he owned his own workshop in Stockhom but rejoined Georg Jensen in 1936 and worked as a silversmith there until 1962.

He designed jewelery and hollowware and his pieces show an evolution from the early forms that are reminiscent of Johan Rohde to straighter lines and less ornamentation more closely resembling Sigvaard Bernadotte's work.

His work has been exhibited widely in Europe and North America.

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SOREN GEORG JENSEN (1917-1982)

Soren Georg Jensen was the fifth of Georg Jensen's six children. He trained to become a silversmith and was apprenticed at the Georg jensen Silversmithy from 1931 to 1936. He later trained as a sculptor at the Kunstakademiets Billedhuggerskole (Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Sculpture) in Copenhagen from 1941 to 45 and had his work exhibited beginning in 1944 at The Charlottenhorg Spring Exhibition in Charlottenborg Denmark. In 1949, he returned to the Georg Jensen Silversmithy and from 1962 to 1974, was the artistic director, taking over from Harald Nielsen, his uncle.

Jensen's reputation as a sculptor was even greater than his reputation as a designer. He ended up realizing his father's ambition which was to be a sculptor. Soren Georg Jensen's sculpture is abstract and substantial and often in granite and he brought the same fine sense of form to his silver designs in jewelry and hollowware. His work in silver has the same simple natural forms as his sculpture and the decorative elements in the silver works are few.

Soren Georg Jensen work was exhibited internationally and his many awards included a gold medal at the Milan Tirennale (1960), the Eckersberg medal (1966) and the Thorvaldsen medal (1974).

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BJARNE JESPERSEN (1947- )

Trained as an architect, Bjarne Jespersen has since been curatio of David’s Samling, a museum in Copenhagen. He is most notable for his silverpocket sculptures he had designed for Georg Jensen in the 70’s, which were part of the 75 th anniversary. Today he continues to design his fascinating geometric puzzle sculptures, which he continues to exhibit. You can view his more recent work by visiting HERE.

HENNING KOPPEL (1917 - 82)

Henning Koppel was a native of Copenhagen and joined the Georg Jensen Company when he was 27. He had just returned to Denmark from Sweden where he, a Jew, had fled to escape the German occupation of Denmark. He was trained as an artist, particularly in drawing and sculpture and studied at the Kunstakademiet (Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts) and the Academie Rancon in Paris. From the beginning, his silverwork was abstract and sculptural and unlike anything that went before. His early designs were for jewelry and the forms were flowing and organic looking, closer to the work of other artists of his time like Aalto, Calder, Dali and Leger than anything ever produced at the Georg Jensen silversmithy. By the late 40s, Koppel shifted to designing primarily hollowware and his pieces bear a distinctive sculptural quality harking back to his training as a sculptor. In 1957, Koppel created the CARAVEL pattern of flatware, considered by some the most handsome silver pattern created in modern times. This pattern was named after the French jet plane Caravelle, which SAS had acquired. In 1963 it won the prestigious Der Goldene Loffel award.

Throughout his career, his designs whether in Jewelry, Flatware or Hollowware were a radical departure from that of all the Jensen designers who went before. From the ornate, nature inspired designs of Jensen himself to the austere, functionalist designs of Sigvaard Bernadotte, Koppel's very original work was in the spirit of modern art. It attracted international attention and made Georg Jensen a leader in the Scandinavian modern design movement. Koppel also designed porcelain pieces for Bing and Grondahl, lights and clocks for Louis Poulsen & Co., glass for Kastrup and Orrefors and furniture for Kvetny & Sonner.

Koppel was a master draughtsman who executed precise designs and for his hollowware, clay models which allowed him to understand the design's three dimensionality. His work earned him the reputation of being the leading Danish silver craftsman. Koppel won many awards, including the Lunning Prize (1953), gold medals from the Milan Triennale (1951, 1954 and 1957) and the International Design Award of the American Institute of Interior Designers (1963)

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OLE KORTZAU (1939- )

Ole Kortzau is a qualified Architect and has worked at some of the leading architectural firms in Copenhagen and London. Since 1973 he has had his own studio in Copenhagen with his business mainly emphasising graphic projects. He was appointed to work on major projects in Japan, designed silverware for George Jensen, porcelain for Royal Copenhagen, glass for Holmegaard and textiles for Kvadrat.

EDVARD KINDT-LARSEN (1901 - 1982)

The architect Edvard Kindt-Larsen produced a wide range of work in cooperation with his wife, Tove Kindt-Larsen. Making an ever increasing contribution to design over many years. The couple shared an astute sense of quality and an ability to work in a recognized idiom that precisely coincided with the taste of the day.

As a newly qualified architect, Edvard Kindt-Larsen had caused a stir with his lavishly conceived gold medal project for a large hotel by the lakes in Copenhagen, and continued to attention on a regular basis with his buildings, especially his own house in Klampenborg in 1962.

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ANETTE KRAEN (1945- )

Anette Kraen attended the Danish College of Jewelry, Silversmithing, and Commercial design from 1967 to 1969 and studied in Germany and Switzerland until 1974. She has been represented in several exhibitions in Denmark and elsewhere and has won award at competitions held by the Association of Danish Goldsmiths. Georg Jensen has employed her as a designer since 1978.

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HUGO LIISBERG (1896 – 1958)

The sculptor Hugo Liisberg was self taught and completed his apprenticeship at the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactury in 1915. Inspired from his mother’s country, Sweden, from his numerous visits during childhood, his sculpture and design often take forms from nature. Often Liisberg would visit the zoo to study the animals for his sculptures. He was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Eckersberg Medal in 1942.

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ERIK MAGNUSSEN (1940- )

Erik Magnussen was born in 1940 in Copenhagen. Educated as a ceramist at the School of Applied Arts and Design - graduated with a silver medal in 1960.

For a number of years he worked for Bing & Grøndahl and among the latest works are furniture for Fritz Hansen a/s , door handles for Franz Schneider Brakel gmbh, tabletop in pewter for Royal Selangor, tabletop in stainless steel and plastic for A/S Stelton, porcelain lamps for Licht & Form and furniture for Paustian a/s.

Erik Magnussen's designs are exhibited in museums throughout the world and he has received the Lunning Prize in 1967 and the Furniture Prize in 1977. In 1983 he was chosen "designer of the year" by the Danish Design Council and his products have several times received the ID-prize by the Danish Society of Industrial Design. Erik Magnussen received the Bindesbøll Medal in 1996 and he has received grants from the Ole Haslund Fund, the Royal Jeweller A. Michelsen's Anniversary Fund and Knud V. Engelhardt's Memorial Fund.

In 1997 Erik Magnussen was awarded the "Rote Punkt" in the "Design Innovations '97" competition held by Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen and he won the "Good Design Gold Prize" awarded by Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization. Erik Magnussen has designed silver hollowware since 1978 for the Georg Jensen Silversmithy. You can find more of his works at his website, www.magnussen-design.dk.

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ARNO MALINOWSKI (1899 - 1976)

Arno Malinowski was successful as a silver designer and a sculptor, ceramist, engraver and medalist. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts., School of Scupture in Copenhagen from 1919 to 1922 and designed a series of statuettes depicting mythological characters from 1921 to 1935 for the Royal Danish Porcelain Manufactory. He worked with the Georg Jensen Company from 1936 to 1944 and from 1949 to 1965 creating designs for jewelery and hollowware. His jewelery often includes detailed designs of animals such as the kneeling deer and two dolphin brooches. He also designed the "Kingmark" to celebrate the 70th birthday of King Christian in 1940. The Kingmark was produced in great number and worn by Danes to show their loyalty to Denmark and their resistance to the German occupation. Malinowski also designed pieces of jewelry in iron rather than silver during the war years when the silver supply was limited. Malinowski is best known for his jewelry but also created hollowware designs which often also incorporated the forms of stylised animals.

Malinowski participated in many exhibitions and won numerous awards for his designs. He received a silver medal at the Paris World Exhibition in 1925, the Eckersberg Medal in 1933 and the Carlson Prize in 1936.

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ANDREAS MIKKELSEN (1928- )

Andreas Mikkelsen was associated with the Jensen silverworks for many years in particular as director of sales, production and product development.

KRISTIAN MOHL-HANSEN (1876 – 1962)

Kirstian Mohl-Hansen studied painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Zahrtmann School. He was given several scholarships and grants allowing him to travel to Germany, France, Italy, England, Spain, and Holland. He was awarded the Eckersberg Medal for his embroidered textiles at the Paris World Exhibition on 1925.

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KIM NAVER (1940- )

Debuted in 1962 at Charlotte’s Spring Exhibition, and a weaver who has maintained her own workshop since 1966, Kim Naver designs industrial and ecclesiastical textiles and makes unique tapestries and carpets. Her awards and grants include the Lunning Prize, received in 1970. She has designed jewelry for Georg Jensen since 1971. She is represented at the Museum of Art and Design in Copenhagen and the National Museum in Stockholm.

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HARALD NIELSEN (1892 - 1977)

Harald Nielsen first aspired to be a painter but as the younger brother of Georg Jensen's third wife, Johanne, he was drawn into the Georg Jensen silversmithy. He started as a chaser's apprentice in 1909 and worked his way up to designer/director of the smithy school of apprentices. In 1954, he became the smithy director and in 1958 he became artistic director of the Company, a position he held until 1962.

He was Jensen's closest colleague and his design style was very similar to Johan Rohde. Both eschewed ornamentation in favor of form and line. He became the interpreter of Jensen's and Rohde's designs as he turned their rough design sketches, Jensen's often being on paper napkins, into precise drawings that were used by the silversmiths to create the pieces.

Nielsen's role as head of the apprentice school was particularly important after Jensen died in 1935 since Nielsen insured the continued high quality of the firm's design and output by recruiting talented young silversmiths and designers and training them according to the Jensen Silversmithy standards. Perhaps his most famous recruit was Henning Koppel. He was also responsible for the smooth transition from the first generation of Jensen designers, namely Jensen himself and Rohde to the generation which followed.

Nielsen designed many pieces of jewelry and hollowware, much of which is still in production and created the Pyramid flatware design.

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REGITZE OVERGAARD (1946- )

Goldsmith Regitze Overgaard works from the theory that jewelery should be as simple as possible so that the power is in the metal. She concentrates on form and materials. Her jewelry has volume and weight but is at the same time made with an apparent lightness giving it an elegant balance. In her new, very popular, Magic jewelry collection she combines different materials but ultimately permits the customer to determine how they are used in particular rings. The base ring of 18K white or yellow gold leaves room in the middle to allow for a smooth gold hammered band or a gold band with diamonds or a black rubber ring. The design allows for considerable personal choice.

Regtize Overgaard finished training as a goldsmith in 1970 and graduated from the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts in 1976. She has collaborated with Georg Jensen Silversmiths since 1987 and has taken part in many exhibitions.

OSCAR GUNDLACH-PEDERSEN (1887 - 1970)

Gundlach-Pedersen studied sculpture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Beginning in 1911 he worked at the Georg Jensen Silversmithy and from 1926 - 54 he was the assistant director. In addition to designing the Parallel and Nordic flatware patterns, he designed Mitra, the company's first stainless steel flatware pattern. He also designed a number of jewelry and hollowware pieces, He was represented in many exhibitions and received a gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition in 1925 and the Diplome d'honneru at L'Exposition Internationale, in Paris in 1937.

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GUSTAV PEDERSEN (1895 – 1972)

Gustav Pedersen began working at the Georg Jensen Silversmithy in 1915 and was appointed foreman of the hollowware department in 1917. He retired from the company in 1965

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ARNE PETERSEN (1922- )

Arne Petersen joined the Georg Jensen Silversmithy in 1948. Since 1876 he has been employed in the Jensen hollowware department.

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BENT HOLSE PETERSEN (1928- )

Bent Holse Petersen has been employed in the goldsmith workshop of the Georg Jensen Silversmithy since 1952.

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OLE BENT PETERSEN (1938- )

During the late 1950’s Ole Bent Petersen studied at the Danish College of Jewelry, Silversmithing, and Commercial Design and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He has maintained his own workshop since 1960 and has been affiliated with the Georg Jensen Silversmithy since 1978.

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HENRY PILSTRUP(1890 - 1967)

Henry Pilstrup was an apprentice under Georg Jensen in the early days of the shop, starting in 1904, when he was 14 years old. He worked his way up quickly, executing a large part of the jewelry. Between 1918 and 1957, Henry Pilstrup had created many jewelry designs, being foreman of the respective workshop, making him one of the principal designers of earlier Jensen pieces.

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JOHAN ROHDE (1856 - 1935)

Johan Rohde was a painter, graphic artist, designer and critic. He came from a wealthy family and initially studied painting and drawing. By the late 1880s Rohde was already an important artist whose work had been exhibited in Denmark and Germany. He was active in the movement in Denmark which sought to challenge traditional ways of teaching at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and was a leader in the creation of the Free Exhibition, an exhibition mounted to show the work of artists whose work was not accepted at the more establishment Charlottenborg Exhibition.

He embraced the movement of that time to apply an artistic sensibility to objects of everyday life and he designed the funiture, silverware and hollowware for his own home.

He first met Georg Jensen when he commissioned Jensen to execute one of his hollowware designs. This collaboration was so successful that the men decided they would continue to work together with Rohde designing and Jensen executing pieces. In fact for the early years of the Georg Jensen silversmithy, there were two designers for the most part, Jensen and Rohde. Their styles were quite different. Jensen designed after the Arts and Crafts style with considerable ornamentation. Rohde's style was more controlled and he downplayed ornamentation in favor of form and line. He designed many hollowware pieces and flatware patterns, the most famous being ACORN.

At least as important, the success of this collaboration encouraged Jensen to bring in other designers who brought fresh ideas and new energy to the company.

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ANTON ROSEN (1859 – 1928)

Anton Rosen was a Danish Architect whose style was greatly influenced by the Art Nouveau movement. Anton Rosen is also the architect of famous buildings in Copenhagen as the Palace Hotel (built 1906 - 1910) and Tuborg administration and laboratory building (built 1912 - 1914) located at Strandvejen in Winnipeg. He was also the principal architect for the National Exhibition held in Arhus, Denmark, in 1909. In addition to his architectural works, he also worked within the decorative arts, and designed unique objects for Georg Jensen.

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ALLAN SCHARFF (1945- )

At first glance, Allan Scharff's simple, abstract pieces could not be more different from the romantic, arts and craft style of Georg Jensen. In fact, however, they both spring from the same source, Nature. Georg Jensen always claimed that from his early childhood, Nature was his greatest inspiration. His work certainly bears this out with the blossom and fuchsia flatware patterns and his vines, leaves and grape motifs in jewelry.

Sharff has written "Nature has an abundance of forms. Nature is the most fascinating textbook. Nature's laguage is visual and direct. Scharff's birds and other natural forms dominate his work. To see how two artists start from the same place and use their individual vision to arrive at such different art is the wonder of creative genius.

Allan Scharff began his professional career with Georg Jensen at the age of 18. He worked there from 1963 - 67 and earned an apprentice certificate as a silversmith. He specialized in hollowware and his graduation project was the execution of a complicated pitcher designed by Henning Koppel. After completing his apprenticeship, he went to the Guldsmedehojskolem (Goldsmith High School) of the Insitut for AEdelmetal (Danish Institue of Precious Metals). He graduated in 1975 and then worked as an independent silversmth from 1975 to 78. From 1978 to 1979, he was the silversmith in residence at the Herning Kunstmuseum (Herning Museum of Art) in Herning, Denmark. He was an advisor and designer for the Hans Hansen Silversmithy from 1978 to 1987 when he began working for Georg Jensen Silversmithy designing jewelry, hollowware and watches. He has also designed ceramic and glass pieces for Royal Copenhagen Porcelain, Orrefors and Holmegaard. These days he works out of a studio in Copenhagen as "designing silversmith". He designs and executes hollowware items, many of them commissioned pieces.

He has received many awards including the World Crafts Council Europe Award in 1993 and the Bayerrischer Staatpreis in 1995. His work has been widely exhibited worldwide and he was the youngest founder of Danish Silversmiths in 1976, a group composed of a many of Denmark's leading silversmiths who still stage exhibitions.

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HENNING SEIDELIN (1904 – 1987)

Henning Seidelin, a sculptor and designer of silver, steel, porcelain, and faience, is representece in several Danish museums. As a sculptor, is naturalistic groups of figures testify to a marked feeling for mass in space, and some have bold lines that demonstrate his precise instinct for composition. He was awarded the Eckersberg Medal in 1951 and gold medals at the Milan Triennale in 1951 and 1954.

Later, after finding his success as a sculptor, Henning Seidelin became an industrial designer and created classics in cutlery, kitchenware and dinner services, as well as designing furniture, stoves, as well as lamps. Henning Seidelin has produced numerous designs in various mediums for many Danish companies, including porcelain for Royal Copenhagen, steel flatware for Gense, and various pieces in silver for Georg Jensen.

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THOR SELZER (1925- )

Trained as a goldsmith, Thor Selzer has maintained his own workshop since 1957. His work is in the collections of many museums, including the Danish Museum of Decorative Art in Copenhagen. He has designed many pieces of Jewelry for Georg Jensen.

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SVEND SIUNE (1935- )

Svend Siune graduated in 1961 from the School of Arts, Crafts, and Design in Copenhagen and has since designed furniture and cutlery. His most notable pattern is Blue Shark, a modernist design in stainless steel.

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MINAS SPIRIDIS (1938- )

Minas Spiridis, the Greek designer is one of the newest designers to create pieces for Georg Jensen. He started his career as an apprentice goldsmith in 1953 and began creating his own designs in 1961. In 1969, he moved to New York City and created jewelry which was sold throughout the U.S. and Europe. In 1980 he returned to live in Greece and opened a workshop in Athens. For the next 20 years he designed and executed works in a variety of media. He currently works out of his own gallery on the Greek island of Mykonos. Spiridis began designing for Georg Jensen in 1992 and has created designs for jewelry, a watch and hollowware pieces. His designs are very sculptural, sleek and modern.

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eva STAER-NIELSEN (1911 - 1976)

A ceramics designer and the wife of sculptor Olaf Staer-Nielsen, Eva Staer-Nielsen was associated first with Saxbo and later with the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactury. Although well known for her influence in the world of pottery and ceramics, both she and her husband Olaf, have also designed some silver pieces for Georg Jensen.

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MAGNUS STEPHENSEN (1903 - 1984)

Magnus Stephensen graduated from the Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole (Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture) in 1931 and set up his own design studio. In his early career he designed apartment buildings, schools and waterworks. Later he designed smaller objects to be used in the home. He designed silver serving pieces for the Kay Bojesen Silversmithy (1932 - 52), Ceramic pots and dishes for Royal Copenhagen (1950s) and silver ("Fregat/Argo" pattern) and stainless flatware ("Tuja" pattern) and hollowware pieces for Georg Jensen (1950 on). (Kay Bojesen was one of Georg Jensen's first apprentice's and became an important Danish silversmith and designer who believed in functionalist design. Stephensen's work reflected Bojesen's influence.)

Stephensen's hollowware designs for Jensen are characterised by subtle lines and unornamental forms. Many of the pieces draw on traditional Japanese design. In fact, Stephensen wrote a book called "Brugsting Fra Japan" ("Useful Things from Japan").

Stephensen work was included in many important exhibitions around the world and he received many prizes. He was awarded the Eckersberg medal (1948) and several medals at the Milan Triennale.

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TORUN (1927 - 2004)

Vivianna Torun Bulow-Hube, know as Torun was born on December 7, 1927 in Malmo, Sweden. Her father was director of town planning in Malmo and her mother was a sculptor. Torun was the youngest of four children, born after a gap of nine years. All four children pursued artistic careers with a brother and sister becoming architects and another sister, a poet. But it was Torun who became the most famous, as the first woman silversmith in the world to gain international recognition.

Torun studied at Konstfack, the School of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, beginning in 1945 while pregnant with her first child, Pia. Eventually she married the child's father, a Danish journalism student. In 1948, Torun spent the summer in Paris meeting Picasso, Braque, Matisse and the other great artists of the day. She married a French architect and lived in Stockholm until 1956 having a second child, a son, Claude. As early as 1952, Torun exhibited her jewelry, made both in Stockholm and France (and bearing hallmarks from each country) in Paris.

In 1956, Torun and her husband divorced and she lost custody of her son. She moved to France with her third husband, Walter Coleman, an Afro-American painter, meeting many of the jazz greats of that time. She designed jewelry for among others, Billie Holiday which Holiday wore when she performed. The couple moved to Biot in the south of France in 1958 to avoid political problems they were encountering in Paris as a result of the war in Algeria.Torun produced many pieces during this period when young Swedish silversmiths would come to work in her studio, introducing her to new techniques. Torun renewed her acquaintance with Picasso who lived in the area and an exhibition of Torun jewelry was held at the Picasso museum in Antibes from 1958 to 1960. Torun had two children with Walter, Ira and Marcia.

In 1965, her marriage broke up and in 1966, she became involved with the Subud spiritual movement, an association which continues to today.

In 1961, Torun won the Lunning Prize which was awarded from 1951 to the 1970s to someone who had "pioneered a unique artistic contribution".

In 1968, she moved to Wolfsburg Germany and in 1975 to the neighboring village of Wendhausen to be closer to the Subud community. She had a workshop and worked with other artists in an association called "Die Schwinge".Beginning in 1967, Torun's production was taken over by Georg Jensen silver. Since moving to Germany, Torun has worked on things other than jewelry including cutlery, chinaware and handbags. In 1978, Torun moved to Indonesia where she still lives.

On November 5, 1992, Torun was awarded the Prince Eugen medal by King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden. The medal ia bestowed for outstanding artistic achievement.

In September of 1992 Georg Jensen in Copenhagen held an exhibition to celebrate 25 years of Torun's association with the company, 45 years of working with silver and her 65th birthday. From October 1992 to January 1993, the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in the Louvre held a 45 year retrospective of Torun's work. Torun's innovative designs include the "figure of eight" ring and the stainless steel bangle watch. The ring Torun calls "Two become One". As she has said, "to me it symbolizes infinite love, and is one of my very earliest pieces-my wedding ring- from the 50s". The stainless watch she made in 1962 as a contribution to an exhibit at the Museu des Arts Decoratifs in the Louvre. The theme of the exhibition was "an object of your dislike". "Well, the relentlessness of time is what i abhor, so i designed a watch with no numbers; it was intended to be an ornament, not a chronometer. At first it only had a seconds hand, but when Geoorg Jensen began producing the watch in 1967, we added both the hour and minute hands. The bracelet did not completely encircle the wrist but was left open at the outside so as not feel oneself a prisoner of time..." It was the first watch of its kind-audaciously simple, stripped of all but the bare essentials. The dial was like a mirror, so whenever you looked at it, you saw your own reflection, a reminder of the present moment...the very second. It was the first watch ever produced by Jensen.

"It is a search for the source, the simple and natural, that impels Torun's creative work. Inspired by the art of primitive cultures, African, Oceanic, Egyptian, she creates her forms not for the sake of beauty alone; but carefully considers both the form and function of each piece of jewellery she makes. A practical detail such as the fastening is not concealed but on the contrary accentuated. She subscribes to the philosophy that what is functional is also beautiful".

From From TORUN by Ann Westin, published 1993 by Carlssons. SIEGFRIED WAGNER (1874 – 1952) Siegfried Wagner was a sculptor whose work, The Lure Players, 1914, was placed in Town Hall Square in Copenhagen. Siegfried Wagner also worked at the Mogens Ballin workshop like Georg Jensen, and designed the Dahlia pattern based in Nordic symbols. He’s better known, however, for his sculptural works.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

OLE WANSCHER (1903 – 1985)

Ole Wanscher was the Professor of Architecture (with the art of furniture making as his specialty) at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1955-73 and a member of the Fellows of the Royal Academy 1963-68 and of the Academy 1968.

Ole Wanscher worked for Kaare Klint from 1924 to 1927 and then set up as an independent architect specializing in furniture design.

Through his many years of co-operation with master joiner A.J. Iversen, Ole Wanscher developed a number of exclusive types of furniture that mark highlights in Danish furniture making. His ties to Georg Jensen include a competition proposal design made in 1966 for a set of sterling silver flatware.

(http://www.pj-furniture.com/e_wanscher1 00.htm, Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years )

OVE WENDT (1907- )

Trained as a silversmith, Ove Wendt has maintained his own workshop since 1959. He worked with Andreas Mikkelsen from 1970 to 1978 and since has designed jewelry for the Georg Jensen Silversmithy.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

OTHMAR ZSCHALER (1930- )

A native of Switzerland, where since 1960, he has maintained his own workshop, Othmar Zschuler is a goldsmith whose jewelry is represented in many European museums. Winner of many international awards, and the writer of The Goldsmith, published in 1984.

(Georg Jensen Silversmithy- 77 Artists, 75 Years)

Stamboom

Jørgen Jensen 1831-1895

Martha Martine Marie Harding 1831-1903

Georg Arthur Jensen 1866-1935

Alexander

Charles Johan

Arild Oscar

Valdemar Louis

Frits

Astrid

Valborg

Marie Christiane Antonette Wulff 1864-1897

Vidar Wulff Jensen 1891-1987

Jørgen Adolf harding Jensen 1895-1966

Magna Maren Petersen 1865-1907

Vibeke Jensen 1904-1937

Laura Julie Johanne Nielsen 1883-1918

Lise Georg Jensen 1912-1994

Birgitte Georg Jensen 1914-1998

Søren Georg Jensen 1917-1982

Magdelene Hanna Christiansen 1988-1966

Mette Georg Jensen 1921

Hermes

Carli Hermès
Persoonsgegevens
Volledige naam	Carli Hermès
Geboren	23 april 1963
Geboorteland	Nederland
Beroep(en)	Fotograaf, videoclipregisseur
Oriënterende gegevens
Stijl(en)	Surrealisme
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Carli Hermès (Schijndel, 23 april 1963) is een Nederlandse fotograaf en videoclipregisseur.

Carli Hermès studeerde fotografie aan de Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in Den Haag en aan de Bournemouth School of Art in Engeland. Hij werd internationaal bekend met zijn fotografie voor reclamecampagnes voor merken als Martini, Swatch, Levi's, Mexx, Nike, WE, Philips, Sony, BMW, Suit Supply, Artsen zonder grenzen en Mercedes Benz. Daarnaast maakte hij diverse modereportages voor toonaangevende bladen als Dutch, ELLE, Zoom, Max, Black & White, Madame Figaro, Playboy en Avenue. Ook portretteerde hij (internationale) persoonlijkheden als Edgar Davids, Inge de Bruijn, Leon de Winter, Tanja Jess, Natalie Imbruglia en Rutger Hauer.

Naast zijn fotografisch werk is Carli ook actief als regisseur van commercials en video's, onder meer voor G-Star, Royal Club, Marco Borsato en de Nationale Spoorwegen. Over zijn fotografisch werk zijn verschillende boeken verschenen. Zijn werk is tentoongesteld in diverse galeries en musea, waaronder het Groninger Museum, Galerie Rademakers in Amsterdam, het FotoFestival Naarden en Kunsthal Rotterdam.

Van 2006 tot 2007 zat Carli in de jury van het programma Holland's Next Top Model.

Op 26 april 2008 toonde Carli zijn nieuwe werk onder de titel "The Elements" in Galerie Rademakers in Amsterdam.

Gepubliceerd werk

• Focus Cahier - Carli Hermés Backstage (1990)
• Carli Hermès - Both Sides (1995)
• Carli Hermès - Fashion & Nudes (2002)
• Carli Hermès - Glitz (2003)
• Smelik Stokking - Carli Hermes
• Carli Hermès - Elements (2008)

Externe link

• Officiële website Carli Hermès
• Galerie Rademakers - Biografie en werk van Carli Hermès

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