Specialised in jewellery and hollowware
Arno Malinowski (1899-1976) was a sculptor and metalworker from Denmark.
Education
From 1922 to 1935, he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
Biography
From 1921 to 1935, he developed a series of mythological figurines for the Royal Danish Porcelain Manufactory. From 1936 to 1944 and again from 1949 to 1965, he created jewellery and hollowware designs for Georg Jensen.Â
His jewellery designs of a kneeling deer, a dolphin in the rushes, and butterflies on a flower, created in 1937, were produced for many years. In 1940, he made the ‘Kingmark’ to commemorate King Christian’s seventieth birthday. It was mass-produced and worn by the Danes to demonstrate their allegiance to Denmark and opposition to the German occupation.Â
Malinowski also studied the Japanese method of inlaying gold or silver onto iron sword guards in the style of tsuba. During the war years, when silver was scarce, he created items of jewellery out of iron rather than silver. He worked as a sculptor, ceramist, engraver, and medalist, among other things.
Recognition
He received a silver medal and the 1933 Eckersberg Medal at the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes.
Sources
Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing.
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