{"id":69185,"date":"2022-01-26T09:59:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T08:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/concert-hall\/art-in-the-concerthall\/konstglaset\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T09:52:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T08:52:08","slug":"the-art-glass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/gothenburg-concert-hall\/art-in-the-concerthall\/the-art-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"The art glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish art glass \u2013 later famous both in Sweden and the world \u2013 has its roots largely in Orrefors Glassworks and the glass artist, painter and designer Simon Gate (1883-1945). He came to Orrefors in 1916. During the first years, they made beautiful utility and tableware glass, but also began to experiment with art glass, which was the beginning of Orrefors\u2019 first heyday.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Gate had great success at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1925 and at the Stockholm Exhibition in 1930. He was responsible for the design of sconces, lampshades and chandeliers in Gothenburg Concert Hall. And they are quite a few! Look at the light at the next visit and you will understand the scope of the work. Perhaps the strongest impression is given by the lamps in the Great Hall, stylishly designed and in complete harmony with the room\u2019s steep walls.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-gso-stora-salen-0804-max-foto-annahult-1920x1254-1.jpg\" alt=\"Vy \u00f6ver Stora salens r\u00f6da stolar och tr\u00e4v\u00e4ggar, med tre lampor h\u00e4ngande fr\u00e5n taket.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1254\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But there is a lot of other glass as well. This is what the book about the Gothenburg Concert Hall, published at the inauguration in 1935, says: \u201cThe drinking fountain and chandeliers in the foyer are made by Orrefors and composed by Gate. Orrefors has also made the lighting fixture in the other premises and the glass in the gallery facing Viktor Rydbergsgatan. The sharpened and engraved groups in these glasses are composed by Gate, Hald and Lindstrand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The glass artists Vicke Lindstrand (1904-1983) and Edward Hald (1883-1980) did also work at\u00a0Orrefors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-gso-gotaplatsfoajen-0753-0-foto-annahult-1920x1254-1.jpg\" alt=\"Vy \u00f6ver Stora salens foaj\u00e9 med vackra former och lampett.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1254\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish art glass \u2013 later famous both in Sweden and the world \u2013 has its roots largely in Orrefors Glassworks and the glass artist, painter and designer Simon Gate (1883-1945). He came to Orrefors in 1916. During the first years, they made beautiful utility and tableware glass, but also began to experiment with art glass,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3825,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/standard-small-image.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-14 14:43:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"translation_priority"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69185"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104005,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69185\/revisions\/104005"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}