Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan
Wilhelm Kåge “Argenta” Gustavsberg

glaze in green with silver

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Wilhelm Kåge, ´Argenta´ stoneware dish

´ARGENTA´ STONEWARE DISH Designed by Wilhelm Kåge

Gustavsberg Ceramics Factory was founded in 1827 near Stockholm, Sweden. Gistavsberg  is known for its twentieth-century artwares, especially a green stoneware with silver inlay called Argenta.(link)

Wilhelm Kåge

(1889-1960)

“Kåge trained as a painter in Gothenburg, Stockholm (1908-9), and Copenhagen (1911-12) before attending the Plakatschule in Munich in 1914. He worked as a poster designer before joining the Gustavsberg ceramics factory as art director in 1917, a position he held until 1949. He designed the earthenware Blue Lily service for the Home Exhibition, Stockholm, in 1917, an exhibition promoting well-designed interiors and products for working-class families. In the 1920s he worked on more exclusive pieces, including an almost neoclassical bowl for the 1925 Paris Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels, which was awarded a Grand Prix…”


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