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Harald Notini
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Harald Notini shaped the light in Swedish interiors for nearly four decades, moving through three distinct aesthetic eras without ever losing the quality of refinement that marked his work. Born in 1879, the son of sculptor Axel Notini, he inherited an artistic sensibility that he developed through training in sculpture and design at the Higher Art Industrial School (Hogre Konstindustriella skolan) in Stockholm, with further studies in Germany and France.
In 1916, Notini was hired as artistic director of Arvid Bohlmarks Lampfabrik, one of Stockholm's foremost lighting manufacturers. He also oversaw the company's glass production at Pukeberg. The position gave him control over both design and material, and he used it to drive Bohlmarks to the forefront of Swedish lighting design. His personal expression evolved through three distinct phases: the elegant Swedish Grace fixtures of the 1920s, with their neoclassical proportions and refined ornament; the strictly functionalist pieces presented at the landmark Stockholm Exhibition of 1930; and the Swedish Modern aesthetic of the 1940s and 1950s, characterised by fixtures in brass with details in glass, wood, and leather that are the most sought-after of his output today.
Notini's designs for Bohlmarks encompassed the full range of domestic and public lighting: table lamps, floor lamps, ceiling fixtures, and wall lights. His table lamp model 6891 in hammered tin represents the crafted quality of his work, while his Swedish Grace ceiling fixtures show his ability to balance decorative ambition with functional clarity. He worked for Bohlmarks until he was seventy-five, a year before his death in 1959. His work is represented in MoMA in New York and Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
At auction, Notini's lighting dominates listings at Stockholms Auktionsverk Magasin 5 and Bukowskis, which together handle the majority of his 175 items on Auctionist. Table lamps lead prices, with the model 6891 reaching 17,685 SEK. Swedish Grace ceiling fixtures at around 14,188 EUR and teak-and-opaline table lamps at 13,750 SEK round out the top tier.