My collection of Bjorn Wiinblad Aladin series plates by Rosenthal. Rich, deep, vibrant colors on cobalt blue accented with gold. Dreamy and psychedelic, my personal favorite. Truly masterpieces by Danish designer Bjørn Wiinblad.
Bjørn Wiinblad (20 September 1918 – 8 June 2006), was a Danish painter, designer and artist in ceramics, silver, bronze, textiles, and graphics. His work has been shown widely in Europe, in the United States of America first in 1954 and in Japan, Australia and Canada in 1968. Wiinblad was named Man of the Year in New York in 1985 and was awarded the American-Scandinavian Foundation’s Cultural Prize of 1995.
Characteristics of Wiinblad's work include whimsical round-faced people, dressed in vaguely 19th-century costume. They are often surrounded by natural elements: twining vines, floral wreaths, and fantastical trees. When Wiinblad employed color, he did so with great assurance. His colors are saturated and strong—sometimes almost psychedelic—and are often supplemented with metallic gold or silver.
No.1-3
motif #I Aladdin and the miracle lamp
motif #II Naughty boy Aladdin plays with the street urchin
motif #III Aladdin meets the Magician
No.4-6
motif #IV Aladdin locked up in the charm garden
motif #V The spirit of the ring flies Aladdin out of the charm garden
motif #VI Aladdin sees the beautiful princess
No.7-9
motif #VII The spirit of the lamp appears to the mother of Aladdin
motif #VIII The mother of Aladdin brings the fruits of the charm garden to the Sultan
motif #IX Aladdin rides to the Sultan to introduce himself
No.10-12
motif #X The spirit of the Lamp builds a castle for Aladdin
motif #XI Aladdin marries the beautiful daughter of the Sultan
motif #XII And they lived long and happily ever after
Whole set of 12:)
Produced by Rosenthal Porcelain Factory in Selb, Germany.
Year: 1976-1982
Dimensions: 16cm each
Story line of Aladdin: a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It yells about the impoverished young man Aladdin in a Chinese city, who is recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb (who passes himself off as the brother of Aladdin's late father) to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave. After the sorcerer attempts to double-cross him, Aladdin finds himself trapped in the cave.
Fortunately, Aladdin retains a magic ring lent to him by the sorcerer. When he rubs his hands in despair, he inadvertently rubs the ring, and a djinni appears, who takes him home to his mother. Aladdin is still carrying the lamp, and when his mother tries to clean it, a second, far more powerful djinni appears, who is bound to do the bidding of the person holding the lamp.
With the aid of the djinni of the lamp, Aladdin becomes rich and powerful and marries princess Badroulbadour, the Sultan's daughter. The djinni builds Aladdin a wonderful palace - far more magnificent than that of the Sultan himself.
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