Gertrud Vasegaard
1913 - 2007
Selected Honours and Awards
| 2006 | Included in the Danish cultural canon |
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| 1988-90 | Received awards and distinctions in recognition of her achievements in ceramics, including the Ole Haslund, Niels Larsen Stevns and Lis Ahlmann scholarships, as well as the National Bank’s Honorary Scholarship |
| 1981 | Awarded the Prince Eugen Medal, presented by the King of Sweden |
| 1963 | Awarded the Eckersberg Medal by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
| 1957 | Gold medalist at the Triennial in Milan, Italy |
Retrospectives
| 2011 | Retrospective exhibition held at the Holstebro Art Museum and the Bornholm Art Museum |
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| 1984-85 | The Danish Museum of Art and Design in Copenhagen, with a selection of the works later travelling to the National Museum in Stockholm and the Holstebro Art Museum |
Public Collections
Holstebro Art Museum, Denmark
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA
The National Museum of Stockholm, Sweden
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Selected Exhibitions
| 2021 | Lucie Rie & Gertrud Vasegaard, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
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| 2011 | Gertrud Vasegaard, Galerie Besson, London, UK |
| 2002-04 | From the Kilns of Denmark: Contemporary Danish Ceramics, a travelling exhibition held by the American Craft Museum, New York, Fitchburg Art Museum, Massachusetts, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin, Maison du Danemark, Paris, and in the Felleshus of the Nordic Embassies in Berlin |
| 1996 | Unique, The Museum of Art and Design in Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1995 | From the Golden Age to the Present Day: Two Centuries of Art and Craft in Denmark, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 1991 | Danish Ceramics, Aarhus Art Exhibition Building, Aarhus, Denmark |
| 1969-82 | March Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark (every other year with 10 Danish abstract and figurative artists) |
| 1969 | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1968 | Two Centuries of Danish Design, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK |
| 1962 | Nordic Ceramics, Lund Art Gallery, Lund, Sweden |
| 1960-61 | The Arts of Denmark, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA |
| 1958 | Scandinavian Forms, The Louvre, Paris, France |
| 1954-57 | Design in Scandinavia, a travelling group exhibition hosted by 25 museums in the USA |
| 1948 | Bing & Grøndahl Stoneware, 1910-1948, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1947 | New Stoneware from Bing & Grøndahl, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 1933 | First exhibition at Corner and Bingers Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark |