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

Stavangerflint AS Stavangerflint AS was an earthenware factory that was in operation from 1949 until 1979 in Stavanger, Norway. Company history Production of pottery tableware for households and for the professional market started in 1949 under the name of ''Sta ...

plant in Stavanger,

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

stoneware Stoneware is a rather broad term for pottery or other ceramics fired at a relatively high temperature. A modern technical definition is a vitreous or semi-vitreous ceramic made primarily from stoneware clay or non-refractory fire clay. Whether vi ...

Biography

Nyquist was born in

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. She was educated as a ceramist at the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818. In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (''Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo'', KHiO). ...

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

, Stavanger, Norway. She worked at the earthenware 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 Eystein Sandnes (7 November 1927 – 14 November 2006) was a Norwegian ceramic and glass designer who is known particularly for work done at the ceramic industries Stavangerflint AS and AS Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik Biography Sandes was born ...

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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''Kreativ Innsatai Over 30 År'' (Inger Waage håndmalt)
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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 People from Stavanger Norwegian ceramists Norwegian women ceramists