| Karl Gustav Hansen | |
| Birth Date: | 10 December 1914 |
| Birth Place: | Kolding, Denmark |
| Education: | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
| Occupation: | Silversmith, designer |
| Known For: | holloware design and craft, jewelry design |
| Movement: | Scandinavian design |
| Awards: | Golden Ring of Honour (1982) |
Karl Gustav Hansen (1914–2002) was a Danish master silversmith and designer. He is considered a pioneer of Scandinavian silversmith design,[1] and was active during the Scandinavian modern-period.
Karl Gustav Hansen was born 10 December 1914 in Kolding, Southern Denmark, Denmark.[2] His father (1884–1940) was a silversmith, specializing in holloware design, and later jewelry and had a silversmithy in the town of Kolding.[3] [4]
Starting in 1930, he apprenticed under his father at the Hans Hansen Sølvmedie (English: Hans Hansen Silversmithy) under Einar Olsen (1907–1988). During this time his father started a jewelry line, which Karl Gustav Hansen designed a "future"-themed jewelry series for in 1932.
From 1935 to 1938, he studied under Einar Utzon-Frank at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (da|Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) in Copenhagen.[5] After his father's death in 1940, Hansen returned to Kolding and took over the design leadership at the family silversmithy.[6] Notable students of Hansens include Alma Eikerman,[7] [8] and Dwight Dillon.[9] [10]
In 1982, he was awarded the Golden Ring of Honour by the Association for Goldsmiths’ Art.[11]
Hansen's work can be found in museum collections including the Nationalmuseum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[12] the Minneapolis Institute of Art,[13] and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum.[14]