The Bear and Bee
1909
Eric Otto Woldemar Ehrström
Repoussé copper door panel
Main doors
National Museum of Finland (1916)
Eric Otto Woldemar Ehrström ( February 5, 1881, Helsinki - October 11, 1934, Helsinki) was a Finnish art collector and ornamental artist specializing in metal enamelling . He also designed jewelry and glassware and practiced printmaking.
Ehrströn left high school and went on to study at the Finnish Art Association's drawing school in 1899. He was a student of Akseli Gallen-Kallela in Ruovesi, Kalela, between 1899-1900 and studied forging and metal repoussé and chasing in Paris from 1901 to 1902 and 1908. In Paris, he became acquainted with his wife Olga Gummer . She also had her own exhibition show at the Salon d'Automne in Paris.
Ehrström designed and manufactured a variety of small metal objects such as ashtrays, jars, cups, vases and various boxes using copper, brass, bronze or tin.
He worked on metalwork in several buildings, such as the Hvitträski artist's villa and the Suur-Merijoki mansion in Kannas Karelia.
Ehrström also designed jewelery, and in 1918 he designed the crown of the King of Finland, as well as the Finnish coat of arms and the seals of the authorities. In 1927 Ehrström lost his right hand in an accident, after which his wife Olga Gummerus-Ehrström, who himself was a versatile and talented artist, helped her husband in this work.
Ehrström was a teacher of metal sculpture and interior design at the Art Institute's Industrial School 1904-1905 and 1912-1919. In 1924 he wrote a handbook for the arts industry Konsthantverk: Teknisk rådgivare (published in Finnish as Art: Technical Guide ) as a textbook for students and craftsmen in craft schools.
In 1919 Ehrström, together with sculptor Emil Wikström , Gösta Serlachius, and Paavo Tynelli, together with Taidetakomo Taito, later founded Oy Taito Ab, with Ehrström as the head of the Department of Art and Design.
The Bear and Bee
1909
Eric Otto Woldemar Ehrström
Repoussé copper door panel
Main doors
National Museum of Finland (1916)
Eric Otto Woldemar Ehrström ( February 5, 1881, Helsinki - October 11, 1934, Helsinki) was a Finnish art collector and ornamental artist specializing in metal enamelling . He also designed jewelry and glassware and practiced printmaking.
Ehrströn left high school and went on to study at the Finnish Art Association's drawing school in 1899. He was a student of Akseli Gallen-Kallela in Ruovesi, Kalela, between 1899-1900 and studied forging and metal repoussé and chasing in Paris from 1901 to 1902 and 1908. In Paris, he became acquainted with his wife Olga Gummer . She also had her own exhibition show at the Salon d'Automne in Paris.
Ehrström designed and manufactured a variety of small metal objects such as ashtrays, jars, cups, vases and various boxes using copper, brass, bronze or tin.
He worked on metalwork in several buildings, such as the Hvitträski artist's villa and the Suur-Merijoki mansion in Kannas Karelia.
Ehrström also designed jewelery, and in 1918 he designed the crown of the King of Finland, as well as the Finnish coat of arms and the seals of the authorities. In 1927 Ehrström lost his right hand in an accident, after which his wife Olga Gummerus-Ehrström, who himself was a versatile and talented artist, helped her husband in this work.
Ehrström was a teacher of metal sculpture and interior design at the Art Institute's Industrial School 1904-1905 and 1912-1919. In 1924 he wrote a handbook for the arts industry Konsthantverk: Teknisk rådgivare (published in Finnish as Art: Technical Guide ) as a textbook for students and craftsmen in craft schools.
In 1919 Ehrström, together with sculptor Emil Wikström , Gösta Serlachius, and Paavo Tynelli, together with Taidetakomo Taito, later founded Oy Taito Ab, with Ehrström as the head of the Department of Art and Design.