Nacka resident and Gustavsberg ceramist Lisa Larson is dead.
She was 92 years old.
Lisa Larson recently exhibited at Galleri Helle Knudsen in Kungsholmen. In the exhibition Unique there were works from 1976 to the present day.
– I am very happy for my exhibition at Galleri Helle Knudsen and am impressed to see my own works presented in such an understated and beautiful way, said Lisa Larson.
Bed conversation, 1999. From the exhibition Unique at Galleri Helle Knudsen.
Gallery Helle Knudsen
Wanted to save tigers
The exhibition ended on March 2. On Monday, her family announced that she had died after a period of illness, they say SVT Kulturnyheterna.
During the year of the tiger 2022, she collaborated with the World Wide Fund for Nature to save the world’s tigers. She hand-painted a tiger figurine in the Keramikstudion in Gustavsberg to draw attention to the endangered animals.
– I am happy to be able to participate and draw attention to the endangered tiger species with my new ceramic figure, which I call Greta. In my lifetime, this beautiful animal has declined dramatically in numbers and I want to join and contribute to WWF’s work for tigers, she said in a statement.
For nearly 30 years, Lisa Larson was employed as a designer and ceramist at Gustavsberg’s porcelain factory, and as recently as last fall, she designed the new decor Sixten for them.
New decor Sixten by Lisa Larson.
Pekka Pääkkö
– It cannot be emphasized enough how important Lisa Larson was to ceramics in Sweden and the world. She did things that everyone could relate to, and that engaged people at all levels in society, says Oskar Juhlin, CEO of Gustavsberg’s porcelain factory.
– She had a depth and a breadth and was incredibly present in the Swedish home and the Swedish consciousness, he adds.
The porcelain factory will commemorate her passing in some way, he explains.
– We are very grateful that we managed to do one last collaboration with her. At 92 years old, she creates a modern, playful and stylistic decor, it’s amazing.
Lisa Larson, in collaboration with WWF, made a tiger to draw attention to the endangered animals during the year of the tiger in 2022.
Troy Enekvist
World famous
Lisa Larson’s work can be found both at Gustavsberg’s porcelain museum, which is now part of the National Museum, and the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, as well as at the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg and museums in Norway, Italy, Austria, Germany and Japan.
Johanna in the series Larson’s children, made by Lisa Larson 1962-1980.
National Museum
Was employed at the porcelain factory
Lisa Larson came to Gustavsberg’s porcelain factory in 1954, where she was employed by the artistic director Stig Lindberg.
Until 1980, she was employed by the Gustavsberg porcelain factory as a designer and ceramicist.
Until the mid-1970s, she lived in Gustavsberg. In recent years she lived in Nacka.
