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Rut Bryk (Linnea Rut Bryk) was born on 18 October, 1916 in Stockholm, is a Finnish ceramist (1916–1999). Discover Rut Bryk's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

Popular As Linnea Rut Bryk
Occupation Ceramist
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 18 October, 1916
Birthday 18 October
Birthplace Stockholm
Date of death 14 November, 1999
Died Place Helsinki
Nationality Stockholm

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1916

Linnea Rut Bryk (October 18, 1916, in Stockholm – November 14, 1999, in Helsinki) was a Finnish ceramist.

Through her printmaking, textile design and ceramics, she successfully blurred the lines between art, craft and design.

She is considered a key reformer of modern Finnish ceramic art.

Bryk's parents were Felix Bryk, an Austrian entomologist specialising in butterflies, and Aino Mäkinen.

1936

Bryk studied graphic art at the Art and the Central School of Helsinki in 1936–1939 and started working in 1942 in the Arabia Factory in Helsinki working with Birger Kaipiainen.

Bryk's early works include graphical designs for greeting cards and book covers, as well as ceramic objects, such as colorful containers, trays and jewelry.

1940

In the mid-1940s she made faience plates characterized by pastel colors, and scenes of women in Fancy hats, strolls in the park, and young courting.

This turn to the idyllic has been interpreted as a response to the horrors of WWII The subjects were figurative, often naive, poetic and glowing in color.

Her work from the late 1940s and 1950s leaves the earlier naivety behind for more complex and expressionistic work.

Figures start to be constructed from color fields and raised relief: this way of working created a strong sense of contrast between glazed and unglazed sections.

The subject matter also changes, and includes biblical motifs, Gothic and Renaissance architecture.

1948

Bryk married Tapio Wirkkala and together had two children: Sami Wirkkala (born 1948) and Maaria Wirkkala (born 1954).

Sami is an interior designer and Maaria is a contemporary artist.

1951

In 1951, Bryk scooped the first prize at the Milan Triennial.

This was for tile designs.

1960

In the 1960s Bryk's work changes again, as she built large-scale ceramic mosaics meant for public spaces made on individual small tiles.

Her previously narrative and figurative subject matter was replaced by geometrical abstraction.

She made especially complex compositions, that make use of the three-dimensional nature of tiles and changes in glaze to create patterns with shadow, light and reflection.

1962

Bryk was awarded the Pro Finlandia medal in 1962 and the Finnish State Design Prize in 1974.

1975

Bryk's most famous pieces are the "City in the Sun" (1975), Helsinki City Hall's lobby staircase as well as the seven-paneled wall relief "Ice Flow" (1987–91), displayed in Mäntyniemi, the President of the Republic's official residence.

In the sixties, Bryk re-engaged with designing textiles and created a collection for Vaasan Puuvilla-Finlayson, a cotton manufacturer.

The resultant fabrics were sold by the meter as well as bought as tablecloths, bed linen, and towels.

Bryk thus showed she was comfortable working with both fine art and commercial objects and was skilled in many media.

1982

She was awarded the Finnish White Rose Knight First Class in 1982 and received a Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa from the University of Helsinki in 1994.

1999

Bryk died in Helsinki in 1999 and is buried in Helsinki's Hietaniemi Cemetery in the same grave with her husband.