Gunnel Nyman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gunnel Nyman

Finnish glass artist and designer

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1909

Place of Birth: Turku, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 07-Oct-1948

Profession: glass artist, designer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Gunnel Nyman (September 19, 1909 – 1948) was a Finnish glass and metal artist, and one of the founders of modern Finnish glass design.
She was also a proponent of early mass-produced glassware.
Nyman's glassware is exhibited in museums internationally.Born Gunnel Anita Gustafsson, in Turku in 1909 but moved to Helsinki with her family in 1922.
She married Gunnar Nyman in 1936. Nyman studied furniture design at the Taideteollinen Korkeakoulu (Central School of the Industrial Arts) in Helsinki, under Arttu Brummer and worked initially in the functionalist style. Trained as a furniture designer, Nyman also created metalwork for ecclesiastical use as well as lighting, most notably the lighting for Helsinki's Swedish Theater which she designed in collaboration with the Oy Taito AB metalsmiths.During the post-war era she transitioned to glassware and collaborated or worked on commission with various glassworks including Riihimäki Karhula-Iittala and Nuutajärvi.Her work features organic lines and focuses on the characteristics of glass itself.