Birger Kaipiainen, Very Large Ceramic Plate, Red Blue with Beeds, Arabia 1970s

Birger Kaipiainen (1915-1988) was the master of decorative ceramics. He was well known for his rich and colourful ornamental dishes, with themes from the fantasy world and fairytales, that at the same time fought against the idealism of minimalism in 1950s, and the middle of the 20th century.
Kaipiainen introduced ceramic beads to his work in the 1960s, at which time the surface of the object became of more importance for his art.