Amphitrite
This statuette was the centerpiece of an allegorical table decoration entitled The Sea. Amphitrite is a figure from Greek mythology. The daughter of Oceanus and the wife of Poseidon, she is depicted here nursing two children, possibly her son Triton and daughter Rohde. Such statuettes formed an important part of the Scandinavian ceramic industry of the time, their small-scale allowing—both technically and economically—the work of sculptors to be widely incorporated into the domestic environment.
During the 1910s and 1920s a classical revival dominated Scandinavian design. Danes and Swedes in particular made a push to develop their decorative arts industries, focusing their efforts on elegant and artistically conceived designs that would appeal to middle-class consumers. Stylistic unity characterizes their work, and the movement has come to be known as New Classicism or Nordic (or sometimes more specifically Swedish) Grace.
During the 1910s and 1920s a classical revival dominated Scandinavian design. Danes and Swedes in particular made a push to develop their decorative arts industries, focusing their efforts on elegant and artistically conceived designs that would appeal to middle-class consumers. Stylistic unity characterizes their work, and the movement has come to be known as New Classicism or Nordic (or sometimes more specifically Swedish) Grace.
Artwork Details
- Title: Amphitrite
- Designer: Kai Nielsen (Danish, Svendborg 1882–1924 Frederiksberg)
- Manufacturer: Bing and Gröndahl (Danish)
- Date: 1924
- Medium: Porcelain
- Dimensions: 10 7/8 × 11 5/16 × 19 11/16 in., 13.4 lb. (27.6 × 28.7 × 50 cm, 6.1 kg)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Gift of Bing and Gröndahl (Copenhagen), 1946
- Object Number: 46.94.2
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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