# Sven Palmquist artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/sven-palmquist/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T18:54:19.388Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1906-09-04
- Death date: 1984-02-06
- Nationality: Swedish
- Common media: Glass, Sculpture

## Portrait

![Sven Palmquist](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Sven_Palmqvist_1965.jpg)
familjen Palmqvist · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sven_Palmqvist_1965.jpg

## About Sven Palmquist

Sven Palmquist is the public-page spelling used here for Sven Palmqvist (1906–1984), a Swedish glass designer, glass artist, and sculptor recorded by international authority files. The fuller name Ernst Sven Robert Palmqvist appears in the collected Swedish biographical source. His documented artistic context centers on glass design, and the Fuga bowl series is specifically identified as work for which he is known. Collectors may encounter listings under either the Palmquist or Palmqvist spelling, making authority matching important when comparing records. Wikidata, VIAF, Getty ULAN, the Library of Congress, and other stable profiles provide identifiers that help distinguish the artist and consolidate variant cataloguing. Auction descriptions may emphasize glass design, glass art, sculpture, or the Fuga name. The collected evidence supports these central identity facts but supplies little detailed chronology or stylistic analysis, so broader claims about movements, techniques, or career periods should be treated cautiously.

## Common works and media

Collectors are most likely to encounter glass design associated with Sven Palmqvist, including objects catalogued under the Fuga bowl series. Authority records also classify him as a sculptor, so some listings may use sculpture terminology. The collected sources do not support a more detailed inventory of forms, colors, production techniques, editions, or recurring subjects.

## Market and appraisal context

The Appraisily input for this page reports 193 auction records, indicating a substantial pool of potential sale references, but the collected source pack does not expose individual lot descriptions or realized prices. Appraisal should begin with firm identity matching across the Palmquist and Palmqvist spellings, followed by object-level research. A documented connection to the Fuga bowl series and classification as glass design, glass art, or sculpture are relevant cataloguing factors supported by the available identity sources. Condition, dimensions, marks, date, provenance, and close comparable sales may be investigated during a full appraisal, but this source pack does not establish how those factors affected specific results. Estimates should therefore rely on verified lot records rather than the artist-level record count alone.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6034037
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/75024911/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500332832
- Wikipedia: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Palmqvist
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010005438
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/4478
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/sven-palmquist/
- Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sven_Palmqvist_1965.jpg