# Wilhelm Kåge artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:06:05.155Z
Quality: medium confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Swedish
- Common media: Ceramics and pottery, Porcelain design, Painting, Poster and graphic design, Glass work

## Portrait

![Wilhelm Kåge](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Lindberg_och_Kage_1938.jpg)
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lindberg_och_Kage_1938.jpg

## About Wilhelm Kåge

Wilhelm Kåge (1889–1960) was a Swedish artist and designer whose career connected painting and graphic design with ceramics. He studied painting in Gothenburg, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Munich, then first gained recognition through poster design. In 1917 he joined the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory, where he served as artistic director until 1949. That long tenure made him closely associated with Swedish twentieth-century ceramic design and with the application of artistic direction to factory production. Museum and library authority records variously classify Kåge as a ceramicist, painter, designer, potter and glass worker, reflecting the breadth under which his work may be catalogued. Collectors most often encounter his name in connection with Gustavsberg ceramics and porcelain, although posters, paintings and other graphic work also belong to his documented practice. His life dates, Swedish nationality and Gustavsberg role are consistently supported by museum and international authority records.

## Common works and media

Kåge's documented practice includes ceramics, porcelain design, painting and poster work. His long association with the Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory makes factory-produced ceramic and porcelain objects central to cataloguing his work, while museum authority data also classifies him as a potter and glass worker. Posters and paintings may also appear in collection or appraisal contexts. Individual designs, decorative series, production marks and dates require object-specific verification.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by identifying the object type and establishing how securely it can be attributed to Kåge, particularly when examining ceramics connected with Gustavsberg. His documented 1917–1949 factory tenure provides useful dating context, but a Gustavsberg connection does not by itself prove that he designed or made an individual object. The institutional sources establish his roles and working media but do not document individual models, marks, editions, condition histories or price patterns. Public auction records should therefore be evaluated lot by lot, comparing like-for-like work types, stated attribution, sale dates and realized prices. The collected evidence does not support a price forecast, a claim of rarity or a general market-trend conclusion.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG72837
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/171904419
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/52619944/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360274
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500058853
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/wilhelm-kage/