Gertrud Lönegren-Jerkman

Gertrud Lönegren-Jerkman was one of Sweden’s leading ceramic artists in the 20th century. Gertrud was a prominent artist of exquisite stoneware, often with earthy warm colors and distinctive layered or incised relief patterns.

GERTRUD LÖNEGREN-JERKMAN (1905-1970) 

Gertrud Lönegren-Jerkman was one of Sweden’s leading ceramic artists in the first half of the 20th century. Gertrud was a prolific artist of exquisite stoneware, often with earthy warm colors and distinctive layered or incised relief patterns.

Gertrud studied at the Technical School in Stockholm and the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, subsequently working as a designer at St. Erik's Pottery Factory in Uppsala between 1932-36. At St Erik's she was attributed to have designed several hundred items. In 1936, St Erik's was acquired by Upsala-Ekeby.

IN 1936 Gertrud departed UE to work at Rörstrand's Porcelain Factory in Lidköping, Sweden where she remained until 1941 working mainly on pottery and art ceramics. In December 1939, she married Erik Albert Napoleon Jerkman (1905-1973) and in 1941 she left Rörstrand and moved to Gothenburg. Her work is represented in collections at Röhsska Museum, the Nationalmuseum of Sweden, Höganäs Museum, and Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Museum. 

Her pieces were signed "GL" or "Lönegren".