Kari Nyquist (October 17, 1918 – April 20, 2011) was a Norwegian ceramist. She is most associated with her decorated ceramics from the

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plant in Stavanger,

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. Her designs are most often found pottery of blue clay or

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Biography

Nyquist was born in

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. She was educated as a

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at the

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between 1934 and 1938. She trained at the ceramic workshops of artisans including Eilif Whist and William Knutzen and was employed at Åros Keramikk and Schneider & Knutzen AS. She established her own ceramic workshop in Oslo in 1942.

Designer at Stavangerflint AS

From 1955 Nyquist was employed as a freelance artist and designer at

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, Norway. She worked at the

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company for short intervals and created designs for ceramic tableware, children’s tableware, occasional objects and souvenirs. Her drawings were reproduced as silk screens, most often in a blue colour on a light blue background, but they are also found in other colour variations.

Recognitions

A tea set from the mid-1950s with her decorations on the model ''Utstein'' designed by Norwegian ceramic and glass designer Eystein Sandnes is represented at the

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. Kari Nyquist has held several exhibitions in Norway and abroad. She has pieces represented a
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo.
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References

Other sources

*Gjerde, Jan (2007) ''Glimt Fra Stavangerflints Historie'' (Stavanger: Stavangerflint AS) *Olsen, Astrid and Rolf Simeon Andersen (2000) ''Moderne Antikviteter: Norsk Keramikk, Signaturer Og Merker 1900-1960'' (Oslo: Lunde) *Gjerde, Jan ''Fra Kvaleberg til cyberspace'' (Stavanger: Stavangerflint AS) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nyquist, Kari 1918 births 2011 deaths Artists from Stavanger Norwegian ceramists Norwegian women ceramists