Watercolours by Hans J. Wegner: The artistic dimensions in his work
By (Author) Anne Blond
Strandberg Publishing
Strandberg Publishing
12th February 2025
7th November 2024
Denmark
General
Non Fiction
Furniture design
Architectural structure and design
Hardback
192
Width 240mm, Height 275mm
1230g
Hans Wegner's iconic furniture is rediscovered through his tactile and alluring watercolours.
The Danish furniture designer Hans J. Wegner (1914-2007) is known and loved around the world for his sophisticated chairs - but few people are familiar with his masterly watercolours.
Throughout his career, his workshop drawings were often finished as watercolours. On the one hand, his artisanal background linked him to tradition, while on the other hand his artistic temperament sought new and boundary-breaking paths in the search for the perfect chair.
This books shows his watercolors in thematic chapters and delves into the artistic dimension of selected chairs by one of the 20th and the delicate structure of the textile. to a wide range of furniture designs, the century's greatest furniture designers.
Anne Blond is a designer educated at the Royal Danish Academy, and the Director of Foreningen Museum Wegner.