OVE LINDBLOM. Fireplace, circa 1980.

Site-built fireplace from the fireplace room at the Central Hospital in Karlstad. The firebox was part of a larger project that went by the name of the Central Hospital Supply Unit. The project manager was architect Gunnar Hollström and the interiors were designed by sculptor and interior designer Ove Lindblom. The project was inaugurated in 1980.

The table part and the fireplace in iron. Cooker hood in sheet metal.

The fireplace/table 120 x 250
Height approx. 50

The cooker hood
Altitude 164
Width 170
Depth 112

Mounting to the ceiling Height 20
250x250

(cm)

Disassembled in parts. To be picked up by appointment at an external location in Karlstad.

FOCUS: Ove Lindblom studied at Konstfack's sculpture line between 1957 and 1961. Following her education, Lindblom worked as a sculptor, designer and interior designer and has designed a range of public environments. Lindblom is best known as an interior designer for the rooms that were inaugurated in 1980 in connection with the project at the Central Hospital in Karlstad, which went by the name “Centralhospitets livingunit”. The work was led by architect Gunnar Hollström and Lindblom was responsible for the interiors, his own design was mixed with Danish design and art from artists from Värmland, including Harry Moberg. The rooms that were designed consisted of, among other things, a dining room for the staff, a training unit, a boardroom that came to be called one of Värmland's most beautiful rooms, but also public rooms.

Karlstad-Hammarö Auktionsverk is proud to offer two sofas and a fireplace designed by Lindblom housed in what later came to be known as the Konsthall Stove Room, named after the centrally monumental fireplace found in the environment. From 2015-2023, the “Spisrum” will serve as a regional Värmlands konsthall where contemporary Värmland art was exhibited.