ERICH & INGRID TRILLER. Vase, Tobo, signed.

Glazed stoneware. Height 17 cm.

Ingrid Triller and Erich Triller were a prominent artist couple in ceramics during the early 20th century. Ingrid Triller was born on 25 May 1905 in Västerfarnebo, Sweden, and died on 26 May 1982 in Tegelsmora, Sweden. Erich Triller was born on 5 September 1898 in Krefeld, Germany, and died on 8 November 1972 in Tegelsmora, Sweden.

Ingrid and Erich Triller met during their art studies in Germany between 1929 and 1934. In 1935 they established a pottery workshop in Tobo, north of Stockholm, and this studio would be their creative center for 37 years.

They were strongly influenced by the Bauhaus movement and its focus on detail and the process of work. Their ceramic works were known for their perfect shapes and exclusive glazes, which were often reminiscent of ceramics from the Chinese Sung Dynasty.

Ingrid Triller was educated at the Staatliche Keramische Fachschule in Bunzlau and Bauhaus ceramics training at Otte Lindig's Keramische Werkstatt in Dornburg Saale. Erich Triller, on the other hand, had originally trained as a musician and was a chapel master at the opera in Krefeld and Munich-Gladbach before switching careers to ceramics.

The Triller couple participated in many arts and crafts exhibitions in Sweden and internationally, including the 1937 Paris World's Fair and the 1939 New York World's Fair. They are represented in several museums around the world, including the National Museum, the Nordic Museum and the Röhsska Art Craft Museum in Gothenburg.

Their work was characterized by meticulous forms and glazes, and they kept meticulous records of each work they created. They are considered significant figures within the Swedish pottery world and have left a legacy of artistic excellence that is still appreciated today.