Åke Holm

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Åke Holm started in 1915 at Höganäsbolaget after working for a year at Andersson & Johansson in Höganäs. His father and several relatives already worked at Höganäsbolaget. He was able to work with ovens and glazing, but also assisted designer Edgar Böckman. Holm had shown both an appeal and an interest in art early in the year, and thus, in parallel with his work, taught at Höganäs vocational school.

In 1928 Åke Holm started his own workshop together with his older brother Ernst, also known as Atte. Most often it was Atte who threw and Åke who glazed, all during this time was signed with "Holm". To support the studio financially, they also started making souvenirs and created the famous Kullatrollen (Trolls).

During the 1930s he produced his first artwork with animal and human figures. They were often drawn from the Bible and characterized by a simplified, heavy and closed form.

During the 1950's and 60's he made some monumental creations, still dominated by biblical motifs, where he often used black glaze that impressed with iron. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he increasingly left the tight form of a smoother stylization.

Åke Holm was active in Höganäs Museum and donated most of his production to the museum, which today holds the largest Åke Holm collection in the country.

Åke Holm is represented at the National Museum in Stockholm and other collections.