Ursula Munch-Petersen (born 29 December 1937) is a Danish
ceramist.
Biography
Born in
Rønne
Rønne ( sv, Rönne) is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,807 (1 January 2022). It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a county (Danish: ''Bornh ...
on the island of
Bornholm
Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland.
Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...
, Ursula Munch-Petersen is the daughter of Gustaf and Lisbeth Munch-Petersen, both of whom were also ceramists and potters. She attended the
Kunsthåndværkerskolen
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design, more commonly known as the Danish Design School (Danish language, Danish: ''Danmarks Designskole''. often abbreviated as DKDS) is an institution of higher education in Copenhagen, Denmark, of ...
(design school) in Copenhagen from 1956 to 1960 and the
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark.
History
The Royal Dani ...
from 1970 to 1972. In 1962, she married the artist
Erik Hagens
Erik Hagens (born 21 April 1940) is a Danish painter and illustrator. He is best known for his 40-metre-long mural ''Esbjerg-evangeliet.
Biography
Born in Copenhagen, Hagens is the son of the civil engineer Poul Gunnar Hagens and Elsa Margareta Si ...
. She grew up on Bornholm and after graduating from the Academy, worked for a year in the family business in Rønne. In 1978, she acquired her own studio on
Møn
Møn () is an island in south-eastern Denmark. Until 1 January 2007, it was a municipality in its own right but it is now part of the municipality of Vordingborg, after merging with the former municipalities of Langebæk, Præstø, and Vordingbo ...
.
Munch-Petersen's work extends from artistically designed individual items to mass-produced series of tableware. In the 1960s, she designed for
Bing and Grøndahl but later worked for
Royal Copenhagen
Royal Copenhagen, officially the Royal Porcelain Factory ( da, Den Kongelige Porcelænsfabrik), is a Danish manufacturer of porcelain products and was founded in Copenhagen in 1775 under the protection of Danish Dowager Queen Juliane Marie. It is ...
. Her Ursula series is produced by
Kähler Keramik
Kähler Keramik (Kähler Ceramics) is a Danish ceramics manufacturer based in Næstved on the island of Zealand.
History
Joachim Christian Herman Kähler (1808–84) from Heiligenhafen in the Duchy of Holstein established himself as a potter th ...
.
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Awards
In 1994 Munch-Petersen received the Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal
The Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal ( da, Thorvald Bindesbøll Medaljen) is an award granted annually by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts for excellence in the fields of applied art and industrial design. The medal was established in 1979 in connec ...
, in 2002 the Prince Eugen Medal
The Prince Eugen Medal ( sv, Prins Eugen-medaljen) is a medal conferred by the King of Sweden for "outstanding artistic achievement".
The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V, in connection with the eightieth birthd ...
, in 2004 the Georg Jensen Prize[
and in 2016 the C. F. Hansen Medal.
]
References
External links
Ursula Munch-Petersen's website
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1937 births
Living people
20th-century Danish ceramists
Danish women artisans
21st-century Danish ceramists
People from Bornholm
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Danish women ceramists
Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal
Recipients of the Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal
Recipients of the C.F. Hansen Medal
20th-century Danish women artists
20th-century Danish artists
21st-century Danish women artists