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Swedish artist (1938–2018) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ulrica Margareta Hydman Vallien (24 March 1938 – 21 March 2018)[1] was a Swedish artist who specialized in stained glass and decorative painting. In Sweden, she became best known for her vases with motifs of sinuous snakes, tulips and wolves.[2]
Ulrica Hydman Vallien was the daughter of Stig Johan Hydman and Margit Billberg-Johansson, and lived in Algutsboda. She made her debut as a glass-artist in 1972. As a protest against the conservative artist world she created the "rat bowl".[3] Hydman Vallien was one of only 50 artists chosen to work with British Airways to create designs for aircraft tails, napkins, porcelain, tickets and stationery for the fleet.[4][5] She also took part in the Swedish National Museum exhibition Unga tecknare 1964–1966.[6]
Hydman Vallien's work can be seen at Nationalmuseum,[7] Moderna Museet,[8] Kalmar Konstmuseum,[9] the Indianapolis Museum of Art,[10] the Victoria and Albert Museum,[11] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[12] the Chrysler Museum of Art,[13] the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences,[14] the Detroit Institute of Arts,[15] and Göteborgs Konstmuseum.[9]
She was married to fellow artist Bertil Vallien between 1963 and her death in 2018.[16]
As a tribute, Ulrica Hydman Valliens gata is a street named after her in Åfors, Sweden. She died in Eriksmala on 21 March 2018, three days before her 80th birthday.[16]
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