Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe lived and worked apart from any conventions. Both in her role as a woman and in her creative work, she was beyond her time. To this day, her jewelry stands for her extraordinary and innovative work. She became one of the first women to establish a name for herself in the art of gold and silversmithing, paving the way for an entire generation of female jewelry makers. Her career began in 1948, when she opened her own workshop as part of her five-year training as a silversmith at Konstfack - the School of Art, Craft and Design in Stockholm. She continued her work in France in 1956, where she enjoyed great success. Among her clients were Pablo Picasso, Brigitte Bardot, Ingrid Bergman and Billie Holiday.
One of the fundamental characteristics of Torun Bülow-Hübe’s approach to jewelry is the intentional revelation of the applied forging technique. Thus, rings and hooks formed with pliers, which serve as clasps and pendants, form decorative main elements of her works. Instead of hiding functional details, Torun consequently put them in the foreground. Combined with the classic simplicity of her lines and her innovative formal language, the works became distinctive icons of their time.
From 1967, the jewelry company Georg Jensen took over the exclusive production of her designs. Alongside Georg Jensen itself, she was one of the Danish company's most important designers. These stages of her creative work made her even more famous. Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe displayed her work at many important international exhibitions and gained great recognition as well as numerous awards and prizes over the years. Her jewelry and designs are represented in the permanent exhibitions of the most famous museums worldwide - including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Louvre, Paris, the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada.
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