Ulrica Margareta Hydman Vallien (24 March 1938 – 21 March 2018) 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.Ulrica Hydman Vallienn död Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
Work 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".Ulrica Hydman Vallien är avliden Sveriges Television. Retrieved 21 March 2018. 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.Ulrica Hydman Vallien i glasvision glasvision.se Retrieved 21 March 2018Ulrica Hydman Vallien - Bukowskis Bukowskis Retrieved 21 March 2018 She also took part in the Swedish National Museum exhibition Unga tecknare 1964–1966.Ulrica Hydman Vallien - kärleksgud Svenska Dagbladet Retrieved 21 March 2018
Hydman Vallien's work can be seen at Nationalmuseum, Moderna Museet,Moderna museet Retrieved 21 March 2018 Kalmar Konstmuseum, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Chrysler Museum of Art, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and Göteborgs Konstmuseum.Konsten Retrieved 21 March 2018
Works, a selection
Personal life She was married to fellow artist Bertil Vallien between 1963 and her death in 2018.
Tributes
As a tribute, Ulrica Hydman Valliens gata is a street named after her in Åfors, Sweden. She died in Eriksmåla on 21 March 2018, three days before her 80th birthday.
Books Svenskt konstnärslexikon part V, pages 576, Allhems Förlag, Malmö. Libris post 8390293 Alfons Hannes Die Sammlung Wolfgang Kermer, Glasmuseum Frauenau: Glas des 20. Jahrhunderts; 50er bis 70er Jahre. Schnell & Steiner, München, Zürich, 1989 (= Bayerische Museen; 9) , Pages. 113–114.
References
External links Sketch for the "Rat bowl" at Digitalt Museum
Ulrica Hydman Vallien at LIBRIS